2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region
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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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts 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 Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree film students.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.
Scottsdale Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Scottsdale Community College is $10,397 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students.
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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 Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.
CNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central New Mexico Community College is $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Film students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. OSU Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. 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 film students list, OSU Institute of Technology has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is $6,500 for southwest region associate degree film students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Pima County Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree film students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. 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 made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $5,413 for southwest region associate degree film students per year to attend Northwest Vista College.
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The Art Institute of Dallas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. The Art Institute of Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 2 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
The Art Institute of Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,605 for southwest region associate degree film students per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.
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KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 8 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree film students list, KD Conservatory has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KD Conservatory is $21,528 for southwest region associate degree film 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.
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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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