2022 Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 75 students 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. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Austin Community College District General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

$17,950 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 54 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

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

#3

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,692 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 Vallue Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. San Jacinto College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 78 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

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. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at San Jacinto College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income Over $110k)

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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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