2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

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 California For Those Getting Aid” 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 California, there were 1,200 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,375 and $29,636 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 348 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in audiovisual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in California (With Aid)

#1

SAE Expression College

Emeryville, California

#2 in overall quality

$31,931 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SAE Expression College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Emeryville, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

SAE Expression College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Expression College is $31,931 for california associate degree audiovisual students with aid.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at SAE Expression College

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Academy of Art University is a private for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for california associate degree audiovisual students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (With Aid)

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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