2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

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In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 127 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,265 and $28,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general visual and performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, Utah

#25 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Salt Lake Community College

2

Central Wyoming College
Riverton, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Wyoming College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CWC is a small school located in Riverton, Wyoming that handed out 0 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Full CWC General Visual & Performing Arts Report

2

Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs, Wyoming

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Wyoming Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Wyoming Community College is a public institution located in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Western Wyoming Community College

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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