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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
520 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Audiovisual Communications is the 145th most popular major in the country with 6,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,392 and had an average of $24,925 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,069 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,967 and $29,007 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 520 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in audiovisual communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent audiovisual communications programs, but they also 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 audiovisual communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattahoochee Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Marietta, Georgia, and it awarded 33 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chattahoochee Technical College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chattahoochee Technical College is $384 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Chattahoochee Technical College

#2

Tri-County Technical College

Pendleton, South Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tri-County Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pendleton, South Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCTC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TCTC is $5,938 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full TCTC Audiovisual Communications Report

#3

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bossier City, Louisiana that handed out 41 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Bossier Parish Community College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Bossier Parish Community College is $8,187 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Guilford Technical Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Jamestown, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Guilford Technical Community College is $7,748 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Guilford Technical Community College Audiovisual Communications Report

#5

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Forsyth Technical Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Forsyth Tech is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 13 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Forsyth Tech also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $2,540 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Forsyth Technical Community College.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Forsyth Technical Community College

#6

SAE Institute - Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

SAE Institute - Atlanta ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

SAE Institute - Atlanta also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $22,232 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SAE Institute - Atlanta.

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#7

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

Full Sail University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 86 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,998 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

With a ranking of #8, SAE Institute - Nashville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 69 students in 2019-2020.

SAE Institute - Nashville also took the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Institute - Nashville is $41,373 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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