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2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
161 Degrees Awarded
$9,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,429 people earned their degree in film and video production, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 635 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 161 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film and video production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film and video production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film and video production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 15 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CNM is $2,604 for southwest region associate degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at CNM

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s cinematography degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $2,574 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pima Community College.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Pima Community College

#3

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 44 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Scottsdale Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,963 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Scottsdale Community College.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Scottsdale Community College

#4

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northwest Vista College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 16 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest Vista College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest Vista College is $4,355 for southwest region associate degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Northwest Vista College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

The Art Institute of Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Dallas is $20,737 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full The Art Institute of Dallas Film & Video Production Report

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. KD Conservatory is a small private for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 8 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KD Conservatory, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KD Conservatory is $19,345 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts Film & Video Production 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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