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2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
1,723 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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 Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 2,114 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,964 and $25,972 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,723 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Arizona (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 432 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $11,706 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at ASU - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 256 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $12,944 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

Full UOPX - Arizona Communication & Media Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 469 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree communications students with aid list, ASU - Skysong has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for arizona bachelor’s degree communications students with aid.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 280 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Communication & Media Studies Report

#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 71 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid.

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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 187 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for arizona bachelor’s degree communications students with aid.

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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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