2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,239 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 213 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Union County College

Cranford, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$8,245 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Union County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Union County College is a public institution located in Cranford, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 51 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree media studies students list, Union County College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Union County College is $8,245 for middle atlantic region associate degree media studies students.

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#2

Borough of Manhattan Community College

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$5,158 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. BMCC is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 86 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BMCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $5,158 for middle atlantic region associate degree media studies students per year to attend Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at BMCC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies

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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