2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 155,377 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 546 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,177 and $36,354 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,233 and $27,625 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also 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 visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$17,956 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

University of the District of Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend University of the District of Columbia is $17,956 for District of Columbia Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of the District of Columbia

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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