2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 700 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 326 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 5 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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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 52 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
BMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BMCC is $5,158 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Suffolk County Community College is located in Selden, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Suffolk County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for middle atlantic region associate degree visual arts students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Baltimore County. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. CCBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 35 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
CCBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $8,242 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend CCBC.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cecil College landed the #4 spot on the list. Cecil College is a small school located in North East, Maryland that handed out 4 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Cecil College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cecil College is $8,085 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harford Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree visual arts students list, Harford Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harford Community College is $7,886 for middle atlantic region 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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