2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking analyzed 5 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.

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 in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

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 list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree media management students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#2

Collin County Community College District

McKinney, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$6,293 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Collin County Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s media management students 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 in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Media Management students.

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#3

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$16,562 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 28 associates’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for southwest region associate degree media management students per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Central Oklahoma

#4

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#4 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mesa Community College is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s media management degrees to qualified students.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,669 for southwest region associate degree media management students per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Mesa Community College

#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$5,882 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #5 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 $5,882 for southwest region associate degree media management students.

Full San Antonio College Arts & Media Management Report

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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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