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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,101 people earned their degree in commercial photography, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 146 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in commercial photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality commercial photography programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the commercial photography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Collin County Community College District, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.

Full Collin County Community College District Commercial Photography Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s commercial photography degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree commercial photography students list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read full report on Commercial Photography at Austin Community College District

#3

Phoenix College

Phoenix, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phoenix College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree commercial photography students list, Phoenix College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Phoenix College is $8,744 for southwest region associate degree commercial photography students.

Full Phoenix College Commercial Photography Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Dallas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. The Art Institute of Dallas is a small private for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 3 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

The Art Institute of Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Dallas is $21,605 for southwest region associate degree commercial photography students.

Read more about Commercial Photography at The Art Institute of Dallas

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sessions College for Professional Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Sessions College is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree commercial photography students list, Sessions College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,013 for southwest region associate degree commercial photography students per year to attend Sessions College.

Full Sessions College Commercial Photography 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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