2022 Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree other communications students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Keystone College

La Plume, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$26,094 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Keystone College landed the #1 spot on the list. Keystone College is a small school located in La Plume, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s other communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Keystone College also made our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Keystone College is $26,094 for associate degree other communications students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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