2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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 the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Southwest region, there were 873 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,997 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,016 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 the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. North Harris Montgomery is a public institution located in The Woodlands, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 78 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Harris Montgomery did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Harris Montgomery is $8,016 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Instructional Media students with aid.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Lone Star College System

#2

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lawton, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree instructional media students with aid list, Cameron University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $7,952 for southwest region associate degree instructional media students with aid.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Cameron University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (With Aid)

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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