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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,438 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 113 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent photography 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 photography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Photography 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 photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$4,771 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s photography students in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU Institute of Technology is $4,771 for southwest region associate degree photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Photography Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $0-$30k)

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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