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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,287 people earned their degree in other communication & media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 162 other communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication & media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other communication & media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major”.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Reading Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Reading Area Community College is a small school located in Reading, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at RACC
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, County College of Morris landed the #2 spot on the list. County College of Morris is a medium-sized public school situated in Randolph, New Jersey. It awarded 34 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full County College of Morris Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Raritan Valley Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major. Branchburg, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other communication and media studies degrees to 21 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full RVCC Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major. College of Western Idaho is a medium-sized public school situated in Nampa, Idaho. It awarded 22 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full CWI Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
With a ranking of #6, Castleton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Castleton University is a public institution located in Castleton, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Castleton University Other Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #7, Full Sail University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s other communication and media studies degrees to 31 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Full Sail University Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Manchester Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s other communication and media studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at MCC
Arizona Western College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Arizona Western College is a medium-sized public school situated in Yuma, Arizona. It awarded 7 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Arizona Western College
Lackawanna College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s other communication and media studies students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Lackawanna College
Mount St. Joseph University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. This small school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 9 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Mount St. Joseph University
College of Southern Maryland landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. College of Southern Maryland is a public institution located in La Plata, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full CSM Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Weber State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other communication and media studies degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at WSU
South Mountain Community College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. South Mountain Community College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at South Mountain Community College
With a ranking of #14, Monroe Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major list. Located in Rochester, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s other communication and media studies students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Monroe Community College
Scottsdale Community College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Scottsdale Community College
Oak Hills Christian College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major ranking. This small school is located in Bemidji, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Oak Hills Christian College Other Communication & Media Studies Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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