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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. 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 Colorado, there were 2,068 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,049 and $27,015 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 180 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in visual and performing arts.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arapahoe Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado list. Littleton, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to 62 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Aurora. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado list. CCA is a public institution located in Aurora, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Community College of Aurora Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. CCD is a medium-sized school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 16 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mountain College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado list. This medium-sized school is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 19 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pikes Peak Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado list. PPCC is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 21 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Otero Junior College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado ranking. Located in La Junta, Colorado, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
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Red Rocks Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #7. Red Rocks Community College is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
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Front Range Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #8. Westminster, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
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Trinidad State Junior College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Colorado list. Trinidad State Junior College is located in Trinidad, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
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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
- *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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