2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Nebraska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Nebraska, there were 766 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,210 and $21,204 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree visual & performing arts students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Nebraska

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$4,295 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $4,295 for Nebraska Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students per year to attend MCC.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Metropolitan Community College

#2

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Northeast not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $8,749 for Nebraska Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students.

Full Northeast Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Southeast Community College Area

Lincoln, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$9,059 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska list. This medium-sized school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 2 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeast Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Community College is $9,059 for Nebraska Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Southeast Community College Area

#4

The Creative Center

Omaha, Nebraska

#4 in overall quality

$38,413 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, The Creative Center landed the #4 spot on the list. Creative Center is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 13 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Creative Center also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Creative Center is $38,413 for Nebraska Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students.

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 The Creative Center

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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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