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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
666 Degrees Awarded
$37,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,301 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,844 and $25,361 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 666 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate”.

Top 1 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 3 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. On top of their other funding sources, 257 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Academy of Art University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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