2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Sports Communication Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 943 people earned their degree in sports communication, making the major the 532nd most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in sports communication. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sports communication program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The sports communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Sports Communication

1

Wabash Valley College
Mount Carmel, Illinois

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Wabash Valley College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mount Carmel, Illinois, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s sports communication students in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Sports Communication at Wabash Valley College

2

Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #2 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 4 associates’s sports communication degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Full Sail University Sports Communication Report

3

South Plains College
Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sports Communication Major. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s sports communication degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sports Communication at South Plains College

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.