2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you plan on getting your associate degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #9 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 495 associate degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in New Jersey

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a an associate degree.

Top New Jersey Schools for an Associate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

County College of Morris
Randolph, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

110 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat County College of Morris if you want to pursue an associate degree in visual & performing arts. County College of Morris is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Randolph.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from County College of Morris

2

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in visual & performing arts has to take a look at Brookdale Community College. Located in the rural area of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Brookdale Community College

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	36	440
New York	36	2,850
Maryland	33	277
Delaware	21	48
District of Columbia	13	13

View All Rankings >

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	197
Design & Applied Arts	174
General Visual & Performing Arts	76
Music	34
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	12
Other Visual Art	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.