2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6,315 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,274 and $27,332 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 164 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio 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 and studio 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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The fine 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 “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,980 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Annandale, Virginia, this large public school awarded 43 degrees to qualified associates’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,980 for southeast region associate degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$27,044 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Full Sail University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,044 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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.

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