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2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
472 Degrees Awarded
$8,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 15,192 people earned their degree in communications technologies and support, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,122 and had an average of $26,383 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,914 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,320 and $30,958 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 472 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in communications technologies and support. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications technologies and support 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 communications technologies and support program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 71 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,351 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Tarrant County College is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 39 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $5,742 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Northwest Vista College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 27 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest Vista College also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $4,906 for southwest region associate degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District also took the #7 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $4,362 for southwest region associate degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,419 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Glendale Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s communications technologies and support students in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,465 for southwest region associate degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#7

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

Mesa Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 14 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,317 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Full Mesa Community College Communications Technologies & Support Report

#2 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. MediaTech Institute - Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 73 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

MediaTech Institute - Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas.

Full MediaTech Institute - Dallas Communications Technologies & Support Report

#6 in overall quality

MediaTech Institute - Houston ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

MediaTech Institute - Houston also took the #6 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MediaTech Institute - Houston is $16,153 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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