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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$7,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 348 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,800 and $24,231 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 150 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Management 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 media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 86 diplomas to qualified associates’s media management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,362 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. McKinney, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s media management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $5,536 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #3 spot on the list. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $6,189 for southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 28 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,381 for southwest region associate degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCO.

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#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 5 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,317 for southwest region associate degree media management 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%.

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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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