2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 77 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,033 and $30,126 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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.

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 arts and media management 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 Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$4,295 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s media management degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree media management students list, MCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan Community College is $4,295 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Media Management students.

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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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