2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k
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In 2019-2020, 17,506 people earned their degree in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the 64th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,089 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,081 and $27,676 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 177 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video and photographic arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 15 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CNM is $3,626 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,417 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pima County Community College District.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. OSU Institute of Technology is a small school located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma that handed out 8 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU Institute of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is $4,299 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s film degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
Northwest Vista College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $4,906 for southwest region associate degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Scottsdale Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,103 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Scottsdale Community College.
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The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. The Art Institute of Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s film degrees to qualified students.
The Art Institute of Dallas also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,811 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.
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With a ranking of #7, KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.
KD Conservatory also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $20,295 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts.
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.
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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%.
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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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