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2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
156 Degrees Awarded
$7,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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 Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Visual Communications is the 161st most popular major in the country with 5,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 548 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 156 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in visual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual communications 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 visual communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The graphic arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 34 degrees to qualified associates’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students.

Read more about Visual Communications at Austin Community College District

#2

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scottsdale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

Scottsdale Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Scottsdale Community College is $10,397 for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students.

Read more about Visual Communications at Scottsdale Community College

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. TSTC is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 associates’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSTC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TSTC is $10,114 for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students.

Full Texas State Technical College Visual Communications Report

#4

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s graphic arts degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Read full report on Visual Communications at Mesa Community College

#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Graphic Arts 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. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for southwest region associate degree graphic arts students.

Full San Antonio College Visual Communications Report

#6

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

Pima Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Visual Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Pima Community College is $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Graphic Arts students.

Read more about Visual Communications at Pima County Community College District

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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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