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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

43 Colleges
$9,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,822 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 37,413 people earned a degree or certificate in fine and studio arts, making the major the #32 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for Fine Arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools

#1

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, NY

Our analysis found LaGuardia Community College to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. LaGuardia is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Island City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LaGuardia are $8,098 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, Fine Arts majors at LaGuardia accumulate an average of around $8,218 in student debt.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at LaGuardia Community College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $4,680 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, MCC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Borough of Manhattan Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in the United States. BMCC is a large public school located in the city of New York.

BMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,050 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, Fine Arts majors at BMCC accumulate an average of around $13,869 in student debt.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Borough of Manhattan Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Finger Lakes Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the rural area of Canandaigua, Finger Lakes Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Finger Lakes Community College are $6,710 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $5,906 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.

Austin Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $10,590 in tuition and fees each year. On average, Fine Arts graduates from Austin Community College District take out $18,362 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Austin Community College District also is in the top 10% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools ranking.

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Scottsdale Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Scottsdale Community College are $7,854 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Scottsdale Community College Report

With a ranking of #8, Sinclair Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fine and studio arts students working on their associate degree. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 per year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Sinclair Community College Report

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Institute of American Indian Arts are $5,321 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Report

Holyoke Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the suburb of Holyoke, Holyoke Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Holyoke Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,322 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that Fine Arts majors at Holyoke Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,126.

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Fine & Studio Arts by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 Jorge Royan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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