2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 639 people earned their degree in general graphic communications, making the major the 616th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 117 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general graphic communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general graphic communications programs and 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 general graphic communications program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The graphic communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Cincinnati, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$5,469 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s graphic communication degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Cincinnati State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $5,469 for great lakes region associate degree graphic communication students per year to attend Cincinnati State.

Full Cincinnati State Technical and Community College General Graphic Communications Report

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$12,889 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Ferris State University is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 4 associates’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris State University is $12,889 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Graphic Communication students.

Read more about General Graphic Communications at Ferris State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications

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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