2022 Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Journalism (Other) is the 195th most popular major in the country with 1,253 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,210 and had an average of $27,463 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism (other) 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 communication and journalism (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The other communications 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 Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Keystone College

La Plume, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$25,749 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keystone College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in La Plume, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s other communications students in 2019-2020.

Keystone College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Keystone College is $25,749 for associate degree other communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Communication & Journalism (Other) at Keystone College

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 Josh Hallett.

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