When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in other visual art sits in the middle of the road, ranking #185 out of 328 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of other visual art. Combined, these schools handed out 95 associate degrees in other visual art to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other visual art students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other visual art students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other visual art to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other visual art related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other visual art students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Visual Art Associate Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Other Visual Art in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in other visual art.
John Tyler Community College is a good choice for students interested in an associate degree in other visual art. Located in the suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Other Visual Art associate degree recipients from John Tyler Community College get an earnings boost of about $2,744 above the typical earnings of other visual art graduates.
It is hard to beat Tidewater Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in other visual art. Tidewater Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the other visual art program earn about $17,374 in their early career salary.
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).
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