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

8 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Audiovisual Communications is the 145th most popular major in the country with 6,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 882 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,200 and $27,307 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 246 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great audiovisual communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston Community College is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 23 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k list, Houston Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,351 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $4,362 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this large 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 Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College is $5,742 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Plains College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,419 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Plains College.

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#5

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large school located in Glendale, Arizona that handed out 7 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,465 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,317 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mesa Community College.

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#2 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Dallas landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 73 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Dallas also took the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MediaTech Institute - Dallas is $17,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. MediaTech Institute - Houston is a private for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Houston also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for MediaTech Institute - Houston is $16,153 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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