2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 882 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,200 and $27,307 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southwest Region

#1

The Art Institute of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,844 Average Net Price

$24,679 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,844 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students per year to attend Ai Houston.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Ai Houston

#2

The Art Institute of Austin

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$24,156 Average Net Price

$24,679 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Austin also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $24,156 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students.

Full Ai Austin Audiovisual Communications Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications

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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