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2022 Best Value Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

10 Ranked Colleges
882 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The audiovisual school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region audiovisual students with aid.

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Houston Community College is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,272 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Houston Community College.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Houston Community College

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 Getting Aid. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified ’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Audiovisual students with aid.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Austin Community College District

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 43 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region audiovisual students with aid list, Tarrant County College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College District is $5,434 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Tarrant County College

#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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 23 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid.

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#5

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools 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. Glendale Community College is a public institution located in Glendale, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,597 for Southwest Region Audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Glendale Community College.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Glendale Community College

#6

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 19 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Mesa Community College

With a ranking of #7, MediaTech Institute - Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 94 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region audiovisual students with aid list, MediaTech Institute - Dallas has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,017 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at MediaTech Institute - Dallas

MediaTech Institute - Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 33 degrees to qualified ’s audiovisual students 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. The estimated yearly cost for MediaTech Institute - Houston is $18,137 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at MediaTech Institute - Houston

With a ranking of #9, The Art Institute of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Ai Houston is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 11 ’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,844 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Ai Houston.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at The Art Institute of Houston

The Art Institute of Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #10. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s audiovisual degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Ai Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,156 for southwest region audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Ai Austin.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at The Art Institute of Austin

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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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