2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas

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Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 5,765 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Texas, there were 451 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 111 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in visual communications. That schools that top this list have a program in visual communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas”.

Top 8 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in Texas

1

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Texas

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 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 47 associates’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Texas State Technical College
Waco, Texas

#14 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s graphic arts degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

Full Texas State Technical College Visual Communications Report

3

Angelina College
Lufkin, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelina College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas. AC is a small public school situated in Lufkin, Texas. It awarded 6 associates’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Visual Communications at Angelina College

4

San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 14 associates’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

El Centro College
Dallas, Texas

#23 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas list. El Centro College is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 associates’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.

Full El Centro College Visual Communications Report

6

Blinn College
Brenham, Texas

Blinn College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas ranking. Located in Brenham, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.

Full Blinn College Visual Communications Report

6

St Philip's College
San Antonio, Texas

St Philip’s College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas ranking. St Philip’s College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Visual Communications at St Philip’s College

6

Wade College
Dallas, Texas

Wade College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Texas ranking. Wade College is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Visual Communications at Wade College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Visual Communications

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.