2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,528 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism 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 general journalism 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 Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Suffolk County Community College

Selden, New York

#1 in overall quality

$10,244 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk County Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Suffolk County Community College is a public institution located in Selden, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk County Community College is $10,244 for middle atlantic region associate degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Northampton County Area Community College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$13,685 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northampton County Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s journalism degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northampton Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $13,685 for middle atlantic region associate degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Northampton Community College.

Read full report on General Journalism at Northampton Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism (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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