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2022 Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 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 Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in audiovisual communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great audiovisual communications 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 audiovisual communications program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Houston Community College

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Austin Community College District

#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #3 spot on the list. South Plains College is located in Levelland, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

South Plains College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k list, Tarrant County College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Tarrant County College District.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Tarrant County College

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, MediaTech Institute - Dallas landed the #5 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s audiovisual degrees to 73 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 $18,017 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas.

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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%.

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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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