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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Merchandising and Buying Operations is the 1108th most popular major in the country with 55 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality merchandising and buying operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the merchandising and buying operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 17 associates’s merchandising and buying operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,230 for southwest region associate degree merchandising and buying operations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Mesa Community College.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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