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2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
161 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Film & Video Production is the 113th most popular major in the country with 8,429 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in film and video production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film and video production programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Southwest Region

#1

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Scottsdale Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree cinematography students list, Scottsdale Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,397 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students per year to attend Scottsdale Community College.

Full Scottsdale Community College Film & Video Production Report

#2

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 15 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree cinematography students list, CNM has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students per year to attend CNM.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Central New Mexico Community College

#3

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 23 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students per year to attend Pima County Community College District.

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

#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 list. Northwest Vista College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

Northwest Vista College also made our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest Vista College is $5,413 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Cinematography students.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Northwest Vista College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #5 spot on the 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Dallas is $21,605 for southwest region associate degree cinematography students.

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 list. KD Conservatory is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree cinematography students list, KD Conservatory has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KD Conservatory is $21,528 for southwest region associate degree cinematography students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Film & Video Production at KD Conservatory

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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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