2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 21,991 people earned their degree in communication sciences, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 5,198 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,110 and $35,211 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences programs, but they also 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 the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$3,714 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school situated in Wesson, Mississippi. It awarded 7 associates’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $3,714 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Communication Sciences students per year to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

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#2

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$22,661 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Southern Adventist University is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.

Southern Adventist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,661 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Communication Sciences students per year to attend Southern Adventist.

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#3

East Mississippi Community College

Scooba, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$6,039 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Mississippi Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scooba, Mississippi, and it awarded 2 associates’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

EMCC also made our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend East Mississippi Community College is $6,039 for southeast region associate degree communication sciences students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences

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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