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2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California

6 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$4,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 2,041 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,162 and $33,335 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 117 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in California

#1

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Joaquin Delta College landed the #1 spot on the list. San Joaquin Delta College is a public institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Delta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Joaquin Delta College is $10,599 for california associate degree communication sciences students.

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#2

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Ana College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California list. Santa Ana College is located in Santa Ana, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 associates’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.

SAC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $3,801 for california associate degree communication sciences students per year to attend SAC.

Full Santa Ana College Communication Sciences Report

#3

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Orange Coast College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California list. Costa Mesa, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s communication sciences degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Orange Coast College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Orange Coast College is $3,178 for california associate degree communication sciences students.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Orange Coast College

#4

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pasadena City College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California. Located in Pasadena, California, this large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified associates’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

Pasadena City College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pasadena City College is $2,920 for California Associate Degree Communication Sciences students.

Read more about Communication Sciences at Pasadena City College

#5

American River College

Sacramento, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American River College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California. American River is a large public school situated in Sacramento, California. It awarded 23 associates’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

American River also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend American River is $4,816 for California Associate Degree Communication Sciences students.

Read more about Communication Sciences at American River College

#6

Cerritos College

Norwalk, California

With a ranking of #6, Cerritos College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in California list. Cerritos College is a large school located in Norwalk, California that handed out 16 associates’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Cerritos College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $4,022 for California Associate Degree Communication Sciences students per year to attend Cerritos College.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Cerritos College

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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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