2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Graphic Communications is the 127th most popular major in the country with 7,475 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southeast region, there were 1,413 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,256 and $31,761 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 153 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality graphic communications programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

More Ways to Rank Graphic Communications Schools

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 Southeast Region”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in the Southeast Region

#1

Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$4,097 Average Net Price

$17,624 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Forsyth Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Forsyth Tech is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 15 associates’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Forsyth Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Forsyth Technical Community College is $4,097 for southeast region associate degree graphic communication students.

Full Forsyth Technical 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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