2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 2,183 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,977 and $21,822 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 491 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$36,626 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 1 associates’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $36,626 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read more about Journalism at Academy of Art University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for 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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