2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

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 Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,238 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,142 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 125 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$3,315 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Forsyth Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Forsyth Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Forsyth Technical Community College is $3,315 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (Income $30-$48k)

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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