2022 Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Support Specialist is the 398th most popular major in the country with 2,826 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 256 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer support specialist programs and cost less that 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 computer support specialist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree computer support specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer support specialist degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Rio Salado College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Support Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,102 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Computer Support Specialist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rio Salado College.

Read more about Computer Support Specialist at Rio Salado College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist (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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