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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Southwest region, there were 348 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,800 and $24,231 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 150 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management 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 arts and media management 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s media management degrees to 86 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,596 for southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s media management students in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also took the #3 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,967 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Collin County Community College District.

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#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Antonio College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. San Antonio College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.

San Antonio College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $10,977 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full San Antonio College Arts & Media Management Report

#4

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s media management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,789 for southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Full Mesa Community College Arts & Media Management Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #5 spot on the list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s media management degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $21,330 for southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Arts & Media Management Report

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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%.

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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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