2022 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 59 associate degrees in general visual and performing arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Visual & Performing Arts School for Your Associate Degree

The visual arts associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general visual and performing arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general visual and performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general visual and performing arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general visual and performing arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Visual & Performing Arts Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general visual and performing arts.

Top Maryland Schools for an Associate in Visual Arts

#1

Community College of Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

35 Annual Graduates

Community College of Baltimore County is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in general visual and performing arts. CCBC is a large public college located in the large suburb of Baltimore.More information about a associate in general visual and performing arts from Community College of Baltimore County

#2

Cecil College

North East, MD

4 Annual Graduates

Cecil College is a good choice for students interested in an associate degree in general visual and performing arts. Cecil College is a small public college located in the rural area of North East.More information about a associate in general visual and performing arts from Cecil College

#3

Harford Community College

Bel Air, MD

1 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in general visual and performing arts needs to take a look at Harford Community College. Located in the rural area of Bel Air, Harford Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in general visual and performing arts from Harford Community College

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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General Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.

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