2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate
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In 2019-2020, 1,101 people earned their degree in commercial photography, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 411 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 29 colleges that offer a degree in commercial photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality commercial photography 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 commercial photography 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 Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate.
Top 25 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography
Out of the 29 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison College is a fairly large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 12 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Madison College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Madison College is $9,904 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.
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 Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate. Collin County Community College District is a large school located in McKinney, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Collin County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s commercial photography degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
MCC also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $4,295 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate. Century College is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our associate degree commercial photography students list, Century College has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,808 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Century College.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s commercial photography degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree commercial photography students list, MATC has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Milwaukee Area Technical College is $9,076 for associate degree commercial photography students.
Austin Community College District landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.
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With a ranking of #7, Cuyahoga Community College District did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Cuyahoga Community College District is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.
Cuyahoga Community College District also took the #16 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cuyahoga Community College District is $5,415 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.
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Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 7 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Western Iowa Tech Community College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #21. It costs about $7,201 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.
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With a ranking of #9, Salt Lake Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 9 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Salt Lake Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Salt Lake Community College is $6,963 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.
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Des Moines Area Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Located in Ankeny, Iowa, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.
DMACC also took the #13 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Des Moines Area Community College is $10,076 for associate degree commercial photography students.
With a ranking of #11, College of Southern Nevada did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s commercial photography degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.
CSN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for College of Southern Nevada is $5,806 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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Minneapolis Community and Technical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #12. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College is $12,376 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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With a ranking of #13, Gwinnett Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.
GTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,110 for associate degree commercial photography students per year to attend Gwinnett Technical College.
Northwest College ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. This small school is located in Powell, Wyoming, and it awarded 9 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest Community College, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest College is $5,902 for associate degree commercial photography students.
With a ranking of #15, Arapahoe Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Littleton, Colorado, and it awarded 3 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Arapahoe Community College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $10,119 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Arapahoe Community College.
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Springfield Technical Community College ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. This small school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree commercial photography students list, STCC has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,943 for associate degree commercial photography students per year to attend Springfield Technical Community College.
Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. FIT SUNY is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 58 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
FIT SUNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,523 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend FIT SUNY.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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Spokane Falls Community College ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Spokane Falls Community College, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,763 for associate degree commercial photography students per year to attend Spokane Falls Community College.
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With a ranking of #19, LaGuardia Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Located in Long Island City, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree commercial photography students list, LaGuardia has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LaGuardia Community College is $6,766 for associate degree commercial photography students.
Phoenix College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #20. Phoenix College is a medium-sized school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 3 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Phoenix College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #20. It costs about $8,744 for Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Phoenix College.
Mohawk Valley Community College landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. MVCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Utica, New York. It awarded 11 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MVCC, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mohawk Valley Community College is $7,722 for associate degree commercial photography students.
Owens Community College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. Owens Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perrysburg, Ohio. It awarded 11 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Owens State Community College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #24. The yearly cost to attend Owens Community College is $8,323 for associate degree commercial photography students.
Mt. Hood Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #23. Mt. Hood Community College is a public institution located in Gresham, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MHCC, the school also landed the #23 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MHCC is $7,211 for associate degree commercial photography students.
Iowa Central Community College ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate list. Iowa Central Community College is a small public school situated in Fort Dodge, Iowa. It awarded 5 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa Central Community College also made our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #25. The yearly cost to attend Iowa Central Community College is $10,102 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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The Art Institute of Dallas came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate ranking. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s commercial photography degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
The Art Institute of Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Dallas is $21,605 for associate degree commercial photography students.
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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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- *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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