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2022 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland

3 Colleges in Maryland
40 Associate Degrees
Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #107 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 40 associate degrees in visual and performing arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School for Your Associate Degree

Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland Your choice of visual and performing arts for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality visual arts program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

  • Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual and performing arts students vs. other majors.
  • Major Demand - How many other visual and performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
  • Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
  • Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual and performing arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in visual and performing arts.

Top Maryland Schools for an Associate in Visual Arts

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
35 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in visual and performing arts needs to check out Community College of Baltimore County. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, CCBC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in visual and performing arts from Community College of Baltimore County

#2

Cecil College

North East, MD
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4 Annual Graduates

Cecil College is a great decision for students pursuing an associate degree in visual and performing arts. Located in the rural area of North East, Cecil College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in visual and performing arts from Cecil College

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in visual and performing arts needs to check out Harford Community College. Harford Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Bel Air.More information about a associate in visual and performing arts from Harford Community College

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 417 198
Pennsylvania 393 29
New Jersey 230 42

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Visual & Performing Arts is one of 1 different types of General Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Digital Arts 19

Notes and References

  • The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.

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