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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business & Office Technology in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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 Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business & Office Technology is the 647th most popular major in the country with 3,154 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 247 business and office technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 75 business and office technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business and office technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business and office technology 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 business and office technology 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 Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree office automation students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business & Office Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. TVCC is a public institution located in Athens, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TVCC also made our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,850 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students per year to attend TVCC.

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#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #3 spot on the list. South Plains College is a public institution located in Levelland, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students.

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#4

North Central Texas College

Gainesville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central Texas College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. North Central Texas College is a public institution located in Gainesville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NCTC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NCTC is $5,307 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students.

Full North Central Texas College Business & Office Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Estrella Mountain Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Estrella Mountain Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Avondale, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s office automation degrees in 2019-2020.

Estrella Mountain Community College also made our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $9,200 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students per year to attend Estrella Mountain Community College.

Read full report on Business & Office Technology at Estrella Mountain Community College

#6

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Navarro College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Office Automation Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Corsicana, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s office automation students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree office automation students list, Navarro College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Business & Office Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Navarro College is $14,349 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Office Automation students.

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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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