2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate
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Visual & Performing Arts is the 217th most popular major in the country with 3,337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,248 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. San Jacinto College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 78 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
San Jacinto College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate. Annandale, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.
Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,005 for associate degree visual arts students per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.
Full Northern Virginia Community College Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate. Borough of Manhattan Community College is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Borough of Manhattan Community College is $5,158 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate list. Selden, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.
Suffolk County Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for associate degree visual arts students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Baltimore County landed the #5 spot on the list. Community College of Baltimore County is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CCBC also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $8,242 for associate degree visual arts students per year to attend Community College of Baltimore County.
Full Community College of Baltimore County Visual & Performing Arts Report
Pima Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 37 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,583 for associate degree visual arts students per year to attend Pima County Community College District.
Full Pima County Community College District Visual & Performing Arts Report
Santa Rosa Junior College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Santa Rosa, California, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.
SRJC also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $5,782 for associate degree visual arts students per year to attend SRJC.
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NorthWest Arkansas Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking. NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bentonville, Arkansas that handed out 7 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
NWACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for NorthWest Arkansas Community College is $6,574 for associate degree visual arts students.
Mt. San Antonio College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate list. Located in Walnut, California, this large public school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree visual arts students list, Mt. SAC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mt. SAC is $1,729 for associate degree visual arts students.
Cecil College landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking. Cecil College is a small public school situated in North East, Maryland. It awarded 4 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Cecil College also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $8,085 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend Cecil College.
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Mott Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #11. Mott Community College is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $7,481 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Harford Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate list. Bel Air, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Harford Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Harford Community College is $7,886 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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Mid Michigan College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #13. Mid Michigan College is a public institution located in Harrison, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree visual arts students list, Mid Michigan College has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mid Michigan College is $8,199 for Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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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%.
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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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