by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 West Virginia, there were 552 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,948 and $25,420 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,789 and $17,466 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University at Parkersburg landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and it awarded 10 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full West Virginia University at Parkersburg Communication & Journalism Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Public University System is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 36 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Communication & Journalism at American Military University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Potomac State College of West Virginia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in West Virginia list. WVU Potomac State College is a small school located in Keyser, West Virginia that handed out 0 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Potomac State College of West Virginia University Communication & Journalism Report
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