2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Computer Software & Media Applications (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Computer Software & Media Applications is the 412th most popular major in the country with 1,407 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 35 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other computer software and media applications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other computer software and media applications 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 other computer software and media applications 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 Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree computer software and media applications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Computer Software & Media Applications (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$7,258 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Madison College is a fairly large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 5 associates’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2019-2020.

Madison College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $7,258 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Computer Software and Media Applications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Madison College.

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#2

Marion Technical College

Marion, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$5,141 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marion Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Marion, Ohio, and it awarded 2 associates’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2019-2020.

MTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marion Technical College is $5,141 for great lakes region associate degree computer software and media applications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Other Computer Software & Media Applications at MTC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Computer Software & Media Applications (Income $0-$30k)

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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