2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 623 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,857 and $32,324 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$12,793 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hocking College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Nelsonville, Ohio, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s media management students in 2019-2020.

Hocking Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hocking College is $12,793 for great lakes region associate degree media management students with aid.

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#2

SAE Institute - Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$23,799 Average Net Price

$20,886 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SAE Institute - Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

SAE Institute - Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Institute - Chicago is $23,799 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Media Management students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (With Aid)

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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