2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 327 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 118 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region

#1

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,692 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree visual arts students list, San Jacinto College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend San Jacinto Community College.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at San Jacinto College

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Pima Community College is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students.

Full Pima Community 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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