2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 6,611 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,260 and $30,601 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 866 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 23 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 23 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, County College of Morris landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Randolph, New Jersey, and it awarded 52 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
County College of Morris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for County College of Morris is $9,173 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. BMCC is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
BMCC also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,158 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students per year to attend Borough of Manhattan Community College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nassau Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 35 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nassau Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nassau Community College is $4,594 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LaGuardia Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Long Island City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 80 students in 2019-2020.
LaGuardia also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $6,766 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students per year to attend LaGuardia Community College.
Out of the 23 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.
Montco did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $9,251 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students per year to attend Montco.
Queensborough Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. QCC is a fairly large school located in Bayside, New York that handed out 37 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students list, QCC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend QCC is $5,050 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
Onondaga Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. OCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 28 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCC, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $7,390 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students per year to attend OCC.
Hudson County Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Jersey City, New Jersey, and it awarded 46 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
HCCC also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $7,309 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Hudson County Community College.
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Finger Lakes Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Finger Lakes Community College is located in Canandaigua, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Finger Lakes Community College, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $9,543 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Finger Lakes Community College.
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With a ranking of #10, Monroe Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 19 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Monroe Community College, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Monroe Community College is $6,830 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
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Fashion Institute of Technology came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Fashion Institute of Technology is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 associates’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
FIT SUNY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $10,523 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend FIT SUNY.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #12, Cecil College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cecil College is a public institution located in North East, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Cecil College also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #16. The yearly cost to attend Cecil College is $8,085 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
With a ranking of #13, Brookdale Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Brookdale Community College is a public institution located in Lincroft, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students list, Brookdale Community College has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brookdale Community College is $9,156 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
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Northampton County Area Community College landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
Northampton Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northampton County Area Community College is $9,053 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
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Delaware County Community College landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Delaware County Community College is a medium-sized school located in Media, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delaware County Community College, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Delaware County Community College is $11,597 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
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Adirondack Community College ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Queensbury, New York 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.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Adirondack, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Adirondack is $8,558 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
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Mohawk Valley Community College landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. MVCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Utica, New York. It awarded 9 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
MVCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #20 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MVCC is $7,722 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
Genesee Community College ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Genesee Community College is a small public school situated in Batavia, New York. It awarded 4 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
GCC also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #22. It costs about $6,304 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Genesee Community College.
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Harford Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Harford Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bel Air, Maryland. It awarded 1 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Harford Community College also took the #23 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harford Community College is $7,886 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
Delaware College of Art and Design did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #20. Delaware College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmington, Delaware. It awarded 9 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
DCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend DCAD is $30,910 for middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #21, Villa Maria College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 3 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Villa also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #21. The yearly cost to attend Villa Maria College is $12,243 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Pennsylvania College of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #22. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a public institution located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree fine arts students list, Penn College has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Penn College is $25,794 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
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Pratt Institute - Main came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.
Pratt Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pratt Institute is $45,571 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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%.
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- *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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