2022 Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent merchandising and buying operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the merchandising and buying operations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The merchandising and buying operations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Merchandising and Buying Operations Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations in the Southwest Region

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,669 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 list. Located in Mesa, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified associates’s merchandising and buying operations students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Merchandising and Buying Operations students.

Read more about Merchandising and Buying Operations at Mesa Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Merchandising and Buying Operations

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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