2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Ohio

If you plan on getting your associate degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #9 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 299 associate degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

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 the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Ohio.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Ohio

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Ohio Schools for an Associate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Sinclair Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Sinclair Community College

2

Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Cuyahoga Community College District is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Cuyahoga Community College District

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	38	468
Indiana	35	137
Wisconsin	31	348
Illinois	30	263

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	213
Music	27
Fine & Studio Arts	26
Arts & Media Management	13
Drama & Theater Arts	9
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	9
General Visual & Performing Arts	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.