2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 55 people earned their degree in merchandising and buying operations, making the major the 1108th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 merchandising and buying operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great merchandising and buying operations 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 merchandising and buying operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree merchandising and buying operations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,317 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 17 associates’s merchandising and buying operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,317 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Merchandising and Buying Operations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Merchandising and Buying Operations at Mesa Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.

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