2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,337 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,122 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 668 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

#2 in overall quality

$1,599 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. San Antonio College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mt. San Antonio College is a public institution located in Walnut, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $1,599 for far western us region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mt. SAC.

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#2

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California

#1 in overall quality

$4,975 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Santa Rosa Junior College is located in Santa Rosa, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

SRJC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Rosa Junior College is $4,975 for far western us region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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