2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 744 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,725 and $18,933 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 221 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing 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 general visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$3,134 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 75 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,134 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Austin Community College District

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$2,574 Average Net Price

$17,950 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Pima Community College is a fairly large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 54 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $2,574 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Pima Community College

#3

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,232 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,232 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Jacinto Community College.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at San Jacinto College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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