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2022 Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Photography is the 291st most popular major in the country with 2,438 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 461 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 109 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality photography programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the photography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The photography 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 Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality
$29,390 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s photography degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Photography Associate Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $29,390 for California Associate Degree Photography students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

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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

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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