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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate” 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 Minnesota, there were 1,498 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,817 and $26,270 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,091 and $24,039 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in communication and journalism. To top this list, a school must have a successful communication and journalism program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota associate degree communication & journalism students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ridgewater College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate. Ridgewater College is a public institution located in Willmar, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Ridgewater College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 2 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Rochester Community and Technical College Communication & Journalism Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is a public institution located in Cloquet, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Communication & Journalism Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
Full Hennepin Technical College Communication & Journalism Report
Oak Hills Christian College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate ranking. Bemidji, Minnesota 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 0 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Oak Hills Christian College
North Central University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Communication & Journalism Major in Minnesota for an Associate ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota 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 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Central University Communication & Journalism Report
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