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2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

10 Ranked Colleges
826 Degrees Awarded
$7,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 10,538 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,350 and $24,529 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 826 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Union County College

Cranford, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union County College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Cranford, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 51 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union County College, the school also landed the #3 spot 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 communications students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Suffolk County Community College is a public institution located in Selden, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk County Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

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#3

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 21 associates’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Monroe Community College is $6,830 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Communications students.

Full Monroe Community College Communication & Media Studies Report

#4

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, LaGuardia Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Long Island City, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 60 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $6,766 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students per year to attend LaGuardia.

Full LaGuardia Communication & Media Studies Report

#5

Montgomery County Community College

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery County Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Montgomery County Community College is a public institution located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Montco also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $9,251 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students per year to attend Montgomery County Community College.

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Borough of Manhattan Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in New York, New York, this large public school awarded 86 degrees to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

BMCC also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Borough of Manhattan Community College is $5,158 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Communications students.

Full Borough of Manhattan Community College Communication & Media Studies Report

Northampton County Area Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 38 associates’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northampton Community College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northampton County Area Community College is $9,053 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Northampton County Area Community College

#8

Erie Community College

Buffalo, New York

Erie Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Erie Community College is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Erie Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Erie Community College is $5,131 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

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#9

Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, New York

Onondaga Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 25 associates’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

OCC also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for OCC is $7,390 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at OCC

#10

Jamestown Community College

Jamestown, New York

With a ranking of #10, Jamestown Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Jamestown, New York, and it awarded 19 associates’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jamestown Community College, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Jamestown Community College is $8,416 for middle atlantic region associate degree communications students.

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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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