2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Media Studies Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Jersey, there were 51 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Union County College

Cranford, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$6,129 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union County College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cranford, New Jersey, and it awarded 51 associates’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Union County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The yearly cost to attend Union County College is $6,129 for New Jersey Associate Degree Media Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Union County College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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