2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,304 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$10,977 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $10,977 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on General Journalism at San Antonio College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k)

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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