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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
520 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The audiovisual 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 Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southeast Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chattahoochee Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Located in Marietta, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Chattahoochee Technical College also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Chattahoochee Technical College is $1,137 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students.

Full Chattahoochee Technical College Audiovisual Communications Report

#2

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Guilford Technical Community College is a fairly large school located in Jamestown, North Carolina that handed out 22 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Guilford Technical Community College is $8,584 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Guilford Technical Community College

#3

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bossier Parish Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bossier Parish Community College is located in Bossier City, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

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 $8,905 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students.

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#4

Tri-County Technical College

Pendleton, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tri-County Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. TCTC is a medium-sized school located in Pendleton, South Carolina that handed out 20 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

TCTC also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for TCTC is $7,309 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Tri-County Technical College

#5

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Forsyth Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region 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 took the #5 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Forsyth Tech is $4,097 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Forsyth Technical Community College

#6

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

Full Sail University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Full Sail University is located in Winter Park, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 associates’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Full Sail University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $27,524 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Audiovisual students per year to attend Full Sail University.

Full Full Sail University Audiovisual Communications Report

#7

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

SAE Institute - Nashville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. SAE Institute - Nashville is a small private for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 69 associates’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SAE Institute - Nashville, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SAE Institute - Nashville is $41,105 for southeast region associate degree audiovisual students.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at SAE Institute - Nashville

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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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