2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Visual & Performing Arts is the 221st most popular major in the country with 3,211 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 309 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 111 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual & performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 78 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at San Jacinto College
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 25 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Pima County Community College District
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coconino Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Coconino Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Glendale Community College is located in Glendale, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Glendale Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Mountain Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. South Mountain Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at South Mountain Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Chandler, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Chandler-Gilbert Community College Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paradise Valley Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Paradise Valley Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Paradise Valley Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Mesa Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navarro College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Navarro College is located in Corsicana, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Navarro College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phoenix College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Phoenix College Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend GateWay Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. GateWay Community College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full GateWay Community College Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Rio Salado College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Scottsdale Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Scottsdale Community College
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Estrella Mountain Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Avondale, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Estrella Mountain Community College
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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