2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,022 people earned their degree in digital arts, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality digital arts 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 digital arts 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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Best Vallue Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree art & technology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 75 degrees to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Art & Technology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Full Austin Community College District Digital Arts Report

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s art and technology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Art & Technology students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Digital Arts at Pima County Community College District

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income Over $110k)

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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