2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,710 people earned their degree in instructional media design, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,602 and had an average of $31,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 567 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,150 and $21,559 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 78 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality instructional media design 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 instructional media design 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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The instructional media 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 Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k) in Texas

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$7,538 Average Net Price

$22,766 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lone Star College System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lone Star College System is located in The Woodlands, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 associates’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Harris Montgomery, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $7,538 for Texas Associate Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lone Star College System.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Lone Star College System

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k)

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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