2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 417 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 103 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in digital arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great digital arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the digital arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,877 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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 75 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,877 for southwest region associate degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read more about Digital Arts at Austin Community College District

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$5,659 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Pima County Community College District is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,659 for southwest region associate degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Pima County Community College District.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Pima County Community College District

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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