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2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
1,306 Degrees Awarded
$13,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 71st most popular major in the country with 17,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,306 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in radio, television and digital communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radio, television and digital communication 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 radio, television and digital communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree digital communication students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s digital communication degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid.

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#2

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 9 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Antonio College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $5,882 for associate degree digital communication students with aid.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Sinclair Community College is a public institution located in Dayton, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for associate degree digital communication students with aid.

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#4

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 14 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulsa Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,078 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid per year to attend Tulsa Community College.

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#5

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree digital communication students with aid list, Bob Jones University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bob Jones University is $12,923 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Bob Jones University

#6

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

Baker College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Baker College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Owosso, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Baker College

#7

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $37,841 for associate degree digital communication students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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