2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 California” ranking.

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

Across California, there were 1,112 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 $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in California

#1

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California

#1 in overall quality

$5,782 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Rosa Junior College is a public institution located in Santa Rosa, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SRJC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $5,782 for california associate degree visual arts students per year to attend SRJC.

Full SRJC Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

#2 in overall quality

$1,729 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. San Antonio College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mt. San Antonio College is a large public school situated in Walnut, California. It awarded 28 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Mt. SAC is $1,729 for California Associate Degree Visual Arts students.

Full Mt. San Antonio College Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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%.

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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