2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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In 2019-2020, 17,036 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,883 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,188 and $22,579 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 130 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in radio, television and digital communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent radio, television and digital communication programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Southwest Region

#1

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,882 Average Net Price

$18,315 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend San Antonio College.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at San Antonio College

#2

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,078 Average Net Price

$22,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Community College landed the #2 spot on the 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.

Tulsa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tulsa Community College is $6,078 for southwest region associate degree digital communication students.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Tulsa Community College

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

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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