2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism

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 Journalism Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 661 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism 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 general journalism 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 Journalism Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree journalism students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism

#1

Suffolk County Community College

Selden, New York

#1 in overall quality

$5,533 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Suffolk County Community College is a large public school situated in Selden, New York. It awarded 9 associates’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree journalism students list, Suffolk County Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $5,533 for Associate Degree Journalism students per year to attend Suffolk County Community College.

Read more about General Journalism at Suffolk County Community College

#2

Northampton County Area Community College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$9,053 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northampton County Area Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 associates’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Northampton Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northampton Community College is $9,053 for Associate Degree Journalism students.

Full Northampton County Area Community College General Journalism Report

#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$5,882 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also made our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $5,882 for Associate Degree Journalism students.

Full San Antonio College General Journalism Report

#4

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#3 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 1 associates’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $34,145 for associate degree journalism students per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read more about General Journalism at Academy of Art University

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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