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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
$20,797 Avg Salary
$14,735 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Austin Community College District the best school in the Southwest Region for general visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Advancing Technology is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the town of Okmulgee.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

On average, visual arts graduates from Pima County Community College District take out $12,735 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 138
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 67

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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