2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in West Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 West Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. 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 West Virginia, there were 218 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,933 and $22,778 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in West Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in West Virginia

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

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

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,222 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at American Military University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend American Military University is $10,222 for West Virginia Associate Degree Communications students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full American Public University System Communication & Media Studies Report

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• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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