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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Arts & Media Management is the 136th most popular major in the country with 4,667 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , arts & media management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $33,544 and had an average of $32,084 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 383 arts & media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,893 and $21,070 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 arts & media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in arts & media management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their arts & media management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree media management students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 43 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Austin Community College District Arts & Media Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McLennan Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. MCC is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at MCC
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 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 20 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at UCO
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #4 spot on the list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full San Antonio College Arts & Media Management Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Mesa Community College is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Mesa Community College
Collin County Community College District came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 13 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Collin County Community College District
South Mountain Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. South Mountain Community College is a small public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at South Mountain Community College
Houston Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Houston Community College
Scottsdale Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s media management students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Scottsdale Community College
With a ranking of #10, Paradise Valley Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s media management students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Paradise Valley Community College
With a ranking of #11, Glendale Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Glendale Community College Arts & Media Management Report
Phoenix College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Phoenix College
With a ranking of #13, Chandler-Gilbert Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Chandler, Arizona. It awarded 4 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Chandler-Gilbert Community College
El Centro College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Media Management Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s media management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at El Centro College
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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