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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

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47 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 215 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,850 and $31,272 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 47 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video and photographic arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

#1

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 16 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest Vista College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $7,596 for Texas Associate Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Northwest Vista College.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Northwest Vista College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Dallas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s film degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

The Art Institute of Dallas also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Dallas is $22,666 for texas associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full The Art Institute of Dallas Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. KD Conservatory is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

KD Conservatory also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $25,441 for Texas Associate Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full KD Conservatory Film, Video & Photographic Arts 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%.

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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