2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,266 and had an average of $24,758 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 4,925 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,479 and $25,837 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 250 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and journalism.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania”.
Top 19 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania Highlands Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Pennsylvania Highlands is a small public school situated in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bucks County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 27 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Delaware County Community College is a medium-sized school located in Media, Pennsylvania that handed out 41 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Butler, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reading Area Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
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Montgomery County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. This medium-sized school is located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 30 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Luzerne County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Nanticoke, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s communication and journalism degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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Lehigh Carbon Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
Full Lehigh Carbon Community College Communication & Journalism Report
Community College of Philadelphia landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 29 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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Harrisburg Area Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. HACC is a fairly large school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 33 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Harrisburg Area Community College Communication & Journalism Report
Northampton County Area Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #11. Northampton County Area Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 21 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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Community College of Beaver County came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. CCBC is a public institution located in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Lackawanna College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Lackawanna College is a small school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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Central Penn College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Central Penn is a small school located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Central Penn College Communication & Journalism Report
Elizabethtown College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #15. This small school is located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Etown
Immaculata University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Immaculata is a small school located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Communication & Journalism at Immaculata
Eastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #17. Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
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Keystone College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. La Plume, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s communication and journalism degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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Harcum College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Pennsylvania ranking. This small school is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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.
Full Harcum College Communication & Journalism 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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