2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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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 Colorado, there were 2,140 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,200 and $26,437 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 186 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,269 and $19,040 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Community College of Aurora

Aurora, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$11,222 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Aurora landed the #1 spot on the list. Community College of Aurora is a medium-sized school located in Aurora, Colorado that handed out 67 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

CCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Aurora is $11,222 for Colorado Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students with aid.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at CCA

#2

Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$10,119 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arapahoe Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Arapahoe Community College is a fairly large school located in Littleton, Colorado that handed out 49 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Arapahoe Community College also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $10,119 for Colorado Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students with aid per year to attend Arapahoe Community College.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Arapahoe Community College

#3

Front Range Community College

Westminster, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$9,725 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Front Range Community College is located in Westminster, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

FRCC also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Front Range Community College is $9,725 for Colorado Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students with aid.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Front Range Community College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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