2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Illinois

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 5,876 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,817 and $32,020 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 276 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree visual & performing arts students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Illinois

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,185 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Elgin Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual and performing arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

ECC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $4,185 for Illinois Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students per year to attend ECC.

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#2

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$22,749 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in Illinois list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 6 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Roosevelt University is $22,749 for Illinois Associate Degree Visual & Performing Arts students.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Roosevelt University

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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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