2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 700 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$8,132 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. MCC is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 2 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan Community College is $8,132 for plains states region associate degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$12,975 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Hennepin Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Hennepin Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Hennepin Community College is $12,975 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

Century College

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$13,798 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Century College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Century College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Century College is $13,798 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Fine Arts at Century College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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