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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate

12 Ranked Colleges
285 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 285 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree media management students.

Top 12 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management

#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 list. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 86 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for associate degree media management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Austin Community College District

#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. Collin County Community College District is a public institution located in McKinney, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,293 for Associate Degree Media Management students per year to attend Collin County Community College District.

Full Collin County Community College District Arts & Media Management Report

#3

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Guilford Technical Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Jamestown, North Carolina, and it awarded 8 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Guilford Technical Community College is $8,584 for Associate Degree Media Management students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 28 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree media management students list, UCO has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Associate Degree Media Management students per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

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#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#5 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 list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 5 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Associate Degree Media Management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Mesa Community College

#6

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

Hocking College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Hocking Technical College is located in Nelsonville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.

Hocking Technical College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hocking College is $12,793 for associate degree media management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Hocking Technical College

#10 in overall quality

Metropolitan Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking. Metropolitan Community College is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree media management students list, MCC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan Community College is $4,295 for associate degree media management students.

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#8

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#7 in overall quality

San Antonio College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 7 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $5,882 for associate degree media management students.

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#9

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#8 in overall quality

Northern Vermont University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,749 for Associate Degree Media Management students per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

Full Northern Vermont University Arts & Media Management Report

#10

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

SAE Institute - Nashville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified associates’s media management students in 2019-2020.

SAE Institute - Nashville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Institute - Nashville is $41,105 for associate degree media management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full SAE Institute - Nashville Arts & Media Management Report

#11

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#12 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, Full Sail University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate list. Full Sail University is a private for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $27,524 for associate degree media management students per year to attend Full Sail University.

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#12

SAE Expression College

Emeryville, California
#13 in overall quality

SAE Expression College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate ranking. SAE Expression College is a private for-profit institution located in Emeryville, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree media management students list, SAE Expression College has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SAE Expression College is $31,931 for Associate Degree Media Management students.

Full SAE Expression College Arts & Media Management Report

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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