2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 6,039 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 648 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 131 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in visual communications. That schools that top this list have a program in visual communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 13 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Southwest Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. 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 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Scottsdale Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 41 associates’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Austin Community College District
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. TSTC is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelina College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Lufkin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s graphic arts degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Visual Communications at AC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mohave Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Mohave Community College is a small public school situated in Kingman, Arizona. It awarded 2 associates’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Mohave Community College
With a ranking of #6, Mesa Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 15 associates’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 full report on Visual Communications at Mesa Community College
San Antonio College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s graphic arts students 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%.
Read more about Visual Communications at San Antonio College
With a ranking of #8, El Centro College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. El Centro College is a large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 22 associates’s graphic arts 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 Visual Communications at El Centro College
Santa Fe Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFCC is a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Santa Fe Community College
With a ranking of #10, Pima Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Pima Community College is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 full report on Visual Communications at Pima County Community College District
Blinn College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Brenham, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s graphic arts students 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%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Blinn College
Wade College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s graphic arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Wade College
St Philip’s College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s graphic arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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.
