2022 Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” 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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other computer software and media applications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other computer software and media applications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other computer software and media applications program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The computer software and media applications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Computer Software & Media Applications in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$9,904 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer software and media applications degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Madison College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Madison Area Technical College is $9,904 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Computer Software and Media Applications students.

Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at Madison Area Technical College

#2

Marion Technical College

Marion, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$6,137 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer Software and Media Applications Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marion Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Marion, Ohio, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s computer software and media applications students 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. It costs about $6,137 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Computer Software and Media Applications students per year to attend MTC.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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