2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 291 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland associate degree fine arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$8,085 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cecil College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Located in North East, Maryland, this small public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Cecil College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cecil College is $8,085 for maryland associate degree fine arts students with aid.

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#2

Harford Community College

Bel Air, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$7,886 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harford Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Harford Community College is a public institution located in Bel Air, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harford Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $7,886 for maryland associate degree fine arts students with aid per year to attend Harford Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (With Aid)

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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