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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Visual & Performing Arts is the 217th most popular major in the country with 3,337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 603 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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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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 Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,818 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 36 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $8,818 for southeast region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Bentonville, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$5,804 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, NorthWest Arkansas Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

NWACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NorthWest Arkansas Community College is $5,804 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full NWACC Visual & Performing Arts Report

• 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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