2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid 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 estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students with aid.
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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 for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid.
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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 Getting Aid. Tarrant County College 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. It costs about $5,434 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Tarrant County College.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid 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 associates’s audiovisual degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
South Plains College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Glendale Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Glendale Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $8,597 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid.
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Mesa Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 14 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.
Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,669 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Mesa Community College.
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With a ranking of #7, MediaTech Institute - Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MediaTech Institute - Dallas, the school also landed 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 $18,017 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid.
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MediaTech Institute - Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. MediaTech Institute - Houston is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 27 associates’s audiovisual 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 $18,137 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students with aid.
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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%.
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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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