2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,130 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 134 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual and 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 Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Plains States Region

1

State Fair Community College
Sedalia, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend State Fair Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Sedalia, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Butler Community College is located in El Dorado, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

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3

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Normandale Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Bloomington, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full Normandale Community College Visual & Performing Arts Report

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Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Barton County Community College is located in Great Bend, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Barton County Community College

4

Highland Community College
Highland, Kansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Highland Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Highland, Kansas, and it awarded 0 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Highland Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts

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

• *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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