2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography in Minnesota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 11 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the photography program at the school. 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 Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota associate degree photography students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography in Minnesota

#1

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,063 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota County Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Minnesota list. Located in Rosemount, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s photography students in 2019-2020.

DCTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Photography Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. The yearly cost to attend DCTC is $11,063 for Minnesota Associate Degree Photography students.

Read more about Photography at DCTC

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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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