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

10 Ranked Colleges
882 Degrees Awarded
$11,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 882 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,200 and $27,307 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs that also have a lower cost than 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools 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, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s audiovisual degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,351 for Southwest Region Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Houston Community College.

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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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 22 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $4,362 for Southwest Region 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Tarrant County College District is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 43 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College is $5,742 for southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Tarrant County College Audiovisual Communications Report

#4

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #4 spot on the list. Levelland, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s audiovisual degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,419 for Southwest Region 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Glendale Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified ’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $8,465 for southwest region 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Mesa, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified ’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $9,317 for Southwest Region Audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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With a ranking of #7, MediaTech Institute - Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. MediaTech Institute - Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 94 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas is $17,293 for southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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MediaTech Institute - Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools 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 33 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Houston not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,153 for southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Houston.

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The Art Institute of Houston ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ai Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 ’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai Houston has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Houston is $21,747 for southwest region audiovisual students whose families make $30-$48k.

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With a ranking of #10, The Art Institute of Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ai Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 ’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Ai Austin also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $22,824 for southwest region 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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