2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 252 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent digital arts 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 digital arts 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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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in the Far Western US Region

#1

Truckee Meadows Community College

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$9,348 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Truckee Meadows Community College also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Truckee Meadows Community College is $9,348 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Art & Technology students.

Read more about Digital Arts at Truckee Meadows Community College

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $34,145 for far western us region associate degree art & technology students.

Read more about Digital Arts at Academy of Art University

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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