2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 77 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,033 and $30,126 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management 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 arts and media management 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree media management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$2,894 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MCC is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan Community College is $2,894 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Metropolitan Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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