2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 155,377 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 New Mexico, there were 707 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,110 and $25,047 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 133 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico”.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

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

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 43 degrees to qualified associates’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for new mexico associate degree visual & performing arts students per year to attend CNM.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at CNM

#2

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

Santa Fe, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development landed the #2 spot on the list. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Institute of American Indian Arts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $12,607 for new mexico associate degree visual & performing arts students per year to attend Institute of American Indian Arts.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

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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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