2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Michigan, there were 20 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,300 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,205 and $16,137 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Michigan (With Aid)

#1

Mott Community College

Flint, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$7,481 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mott Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $7,481 for Michigan Associate Degree Visual Arts students with aid per year to attend Mott Community College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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

#2

Mid Michigan College

Harrison, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$8,199 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mid Michigan College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. Mid Michigan College is a public institution located in Harrison, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mid Michigan College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mid Michigan College is $8,199 for Michigan Associate Degree Visual Arts students with aid.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Mid Michigan College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing 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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