2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,738 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,835 and $21,613 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 89 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,189 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #1 spot on the list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also made our “Best Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $6,189 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k)

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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