2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 428th most popular major in the country with 1,039 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 98 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts

#1

John Tyler Community College

Chester, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$6,810 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, John Tyler Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. John Tyler Community College is located in Chester, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 associates’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

John Tyler Community College also made our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,810 for Associate Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students per year to attend John Tyler Community College.

Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at John Tyler Community College

#2

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for associate degree other visual & performing arts students.

Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Virginia Community College

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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