2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

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 California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 California, there were 313 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,780 and $62,291 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The media management 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

SAE Expression College

Emeryville, California

#1 in overall quality

$33,374 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SAE Expression College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Emeryville, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s media management students in 2019-2020.

SAE Expression College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend SAE Expression College is $33,374 for California Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full SAE Expression College Arts & Media Management Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (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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