2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Florida

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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 Florida, there were 3,539 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,900 and $24,741 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,006 and $20,456 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Florida.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Florida

#1

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$27,524 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Florida list. Located in Winter Park, Florida, this large private for-profit school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,524 for Florida Associate Degree Communications students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Full Sail 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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