2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,313 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,423 and $24,273 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 294 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree communications students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Central New Mexico Community College is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 82 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,429 for southwest region associate degree communications students with aid.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at CNM

#2

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,078 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tulsa Community College is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Tulsa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulsa Community College is $6,078 for southwest region associate degree communications students with aid.

Full Tulsa Community College Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cameron University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Cameron University is located in Lawton, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s communications degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree communications students with aid list, Cameron University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $7,952 for southwest region associate degree communications students with aid.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Cameron University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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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