2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 744 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,725 and $18,933 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 221 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree visual arts students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region

#1

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,692 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. San Jacinto College is a large school located in Pasadena, Texas that handed out 78 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students.

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#2

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

$17,950 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Pima Community College is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Pima County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend Pima Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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