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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
520 Degrees Awarded
$14,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,668 people earned their degree in audiovisual communications, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,392 and had an average of $24,925 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,069 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,967 and $29,007 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 520 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent audiovisual communications 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 audiovisual communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattahoochee Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Marietta, Georgia, and it awarded 33 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Chattahoochee Technical College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $1,238 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Chattahoochee Technical College.

Full Chattahoochee Technical College Audiovisual Communications Report

#2

Tri-County Technical College

Pendleton, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tri-County Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. TCTC is a medium-sized school located in Pendleton, South Carolina that handed out 20 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k list, TCTC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCTC is $6,284 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Tri-County Technical College Audiovisual Communications Report

#3

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bossier City, Louisiana that handed out 41 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Bossier Parish Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bossier Parish Community College is $8,788 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Guilford Technical Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Jamestown, North Carolina. It awarded 22 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Guilford Technical Community College is $8,318 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Guilford Technical Community College Audiovisual Communications Report

#5

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Forsyth Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Forsyth Tech, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Forsyth Technical Community College is $3,315 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Forsyth Technical Community College Audiovisual Communications Report

#6

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

Full Sail University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Full Sail University is located in Winter Park, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Full Sail University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $25,622 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Full Sail University.

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#7

SAE Institute - Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

SAE Institute - Atlanta ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private for-profit school handed out 77 diplomas to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k list, SAE Institute - Atlanta has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Institute - Atlanta is $23,980 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#8

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

SAE Institute - Nashville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. SAE Institute - Nashville is a small private for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 69 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

SAE Institute - Nashville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $36,886 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SAE Institute - Nashville.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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