2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,475 people earned their degree in graphic communications, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, graphic communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,819 and had an average of $28,832 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 464 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,800 and $21,771 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 75 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,269 and $19,040 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in graphic communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent graphic communications 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 graphic communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado associate degree graphic communication students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in Colorado

#1

Front Range Community College

Westminster, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$9,725 Average Net Price

$30,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Front Range Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in Colorado. This fairly large school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 33 associates’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

FRCC also made our “Best Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $9,725 for Colorado Associate Degree Graphic Communication students per year to attend FRCC.

Full FRCC Graphic Communications Report

#2

Aims Community College

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$8,386 Average Net Price

$28,055 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Aims Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Aims Community College is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s graphic communication degrees to qualified students.

Aims Community College also made our “Best Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,386 for Colorado Associate Degree Graphic Communication students per year to attend Aims Community College.

Full Aims Community College Graphic Communications 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

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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