2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Vallue Other Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,253 people earned their degree in communication and journalism (other), making the major the 195th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,210 and had an average of $27,463 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 33 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism (other) 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 journalism (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Vallue Other Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Other Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree other communications students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Other Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other communications degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communications students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism (Other) at Northern Arizona University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) (Income Over $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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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