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

8 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 882 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,200 and $27,307 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 246 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest 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 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 Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Houston Community College is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 23 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $4,562 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $3,134 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. South Plains College is a public institution located in Levelland, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $6,211 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 13 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College District is $5,225 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large school located in Glendale, Arizona that handed out 7 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k list, Glendale Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $7,729 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

With a ranking of #6, Mesa Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 14 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $8,791 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Dallas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MediaTech Institute - Dallas, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,987 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas.

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#4 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. MediaTech Institute - Houston is a private for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,218 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Houston.

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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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