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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication 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 Digital Communication Schools for an Associate

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

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 35 associates’s digital communication degrees 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 SMCC is $10,647 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Southern Maine Community College

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Sinclair Community College

#3

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate. 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.

Bob Jones University also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Bob Jones University is $12,923 for associate degree digital communication students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Bob Jones University

#3

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate. Baker College is a medium-sized school located in Owosso, Michigan that handed out 4 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree digital communication students list, Baker College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for associate degree digital communication 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.

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

#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Antonio College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,882 for associate degree digital communication students per year to attend San Antonio College.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at San Antonio College

#6

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree digital communication students list, Tulsa Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tulsa Community College is $6,078 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students.

Full Tulsa Community College Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#7

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate ranking. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 2 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree digital communication students list, Tulane has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $37,841 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend Tulane.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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.

Full Tulane Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

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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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