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2022 Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$34,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree photography students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography in California (With Aid)

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality
$34,145 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 19 associates’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for California Associate Degree Photography students with aid.

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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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