2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3,723 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,583 and $25,858 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies 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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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 Communications Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$21,221 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf is a small school located in Forest City, Iowa that handed out 4 associates’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Waldorf not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Waldorf University is $21,221 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Waldorf University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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