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2022 Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$4,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 5,357 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,500 and had an average of $30,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 487 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,175 and $31,533 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs, but they also cost less that 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 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 22 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree specialized marketing students whose families make $0-$30k list, El Centro College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for El Centro College is $3,454 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend El Paso Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. El Paso Community College is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at El Paso Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $3,978 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Specialized Marketing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 12 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,562 for southwest region associate degree specialized marketing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#4

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s specialized marketing degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $2,574 for southwest region associate degree specialized marketing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Phoenix College

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Specialized Marketing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Phoenix College landed the #5 spot on the list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 6 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Phoenix College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,169 for southwest region associate degree specialized marketing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Phoenix 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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