2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Recording Arts Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Recording Arts Technology/Technician is the 321st most popular major in the country with 3,189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 648 recording arts technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 178 recording arts technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in recording arts technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great recording arts technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the recording arts technology/technician 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Recording Arts Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 23 associates’s recording arts tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Recording Arts Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,272 for southwest region associate degree recording arts tech students per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#2

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

#6 in overall quality

$7,600 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. South Plains College is a medium-sized public school situated in Levelland, Texas. It awarded 4 associates’s recording arts tech degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Recording Arts Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree recording arts tech students.

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#3

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$8,597 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large school located in Glendale, Arizona that handed out 7 associates’s recording arts tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Recording Arts Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,597 for southwest region associate degree recording arts tech students.

Read more about Recording Arts Technology/Technician at Glendale Community College

#4

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#5 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Recording Arts Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 14 associates’s recording arts tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree recording arts tech students list, Mesa Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Recording Arts Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $9,669 for southwest region associate degree recording arts tech students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Recording Arts Technology/Technician

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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