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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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. 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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $9,755 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Tarrant County College District is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 13 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $9,152 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $11,574 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $11,596 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 14 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $13,789 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, MediaTech Institute - Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. MediaTech Institute - Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 73 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

MediaTech Institute - Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MediaTech Institute - Dallas is $20,503 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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