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

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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 Massachusetts, there were 1,022 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,656 and $27,591 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

$25,774 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Holyoke Community College is a small school located in Holyoke, Massachusetts that handed out 19 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for Holyoke Community College is $7,718 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

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#2

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$8,943 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

STCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for STCC is $8,943 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio 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.

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

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