2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for visual arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual arts majors pursuing a associate degree.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found Austin Community College District to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Austin Community College District also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU Institute of Technology are $11,384 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 a year. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Advancing Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
University of Advancing Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $17,461 in tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Majors Related to Visual Arts
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.
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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