2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 149,215 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 1,806 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,618 and $26,466 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 225 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $21,646 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual and performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon”.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Oregon

1

Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, Oregon

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Linn-Benton Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Albany, Oregon, and it awarded 29 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

#11 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school handed out 124 degrees to qualified associates’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.

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3

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon. Located in Gresham, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified associates’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.

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4

Chemeketa Community College
Salem, Oregon

#14 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chemeketa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon list. Chemeketa Community College is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Oregon that handed out 21 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rogue Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon list. This small school is located in Grants Pass, Oregon, and it awarded 9 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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6

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

#13 overall quality in Oregon

Lane Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 16 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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7

Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon

#25 overall quality in Oregon

Clackamas Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Oregon ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Oregon City, Oregon, and it awarded 2 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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