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Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

1 College
$21,983 Avg Salary
$17,456 Avg Student Debt

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

With 493 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #11 most popular major in New Mexico.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in New Mexico 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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The following school tops our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best school in New Mexico for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,294
Texas 7,696
Oklahoma 1,205

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355
Arts & Media Management 4,788
Dance 3,288
Other Visual Art 912
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 119
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 10

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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