2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income $48-$75k)

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 $48-$75k” 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.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and journalism (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree other communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Keystone College

La Plume, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$26,129 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keystone College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communications Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $26,129 for associate degree other communications students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Keystone College.

Read full report on 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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