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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $0-$30k)

7 Ranked Colleges
1,306 Degrees Awarded
$9,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 71st most popular major in the country with 17,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,306 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in radio, television and digital communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio, television and digital communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 35 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $8,902 for associate degree digital communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Southern Maine Community College Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sinclair Community College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $2,567 for associate degree digital communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Sinclair Community College Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Antonio College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 9 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,183 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full San Antonio College Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#4

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 14 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulsa Community College also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Tulsa Community College is $4,835 for associate degree digital communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Tulsa Community College Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#5

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 2 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,968 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#6

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Bob Jones University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree digital communication students whose families make $0-$30k list, Bob Jones University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bob Jones University is $10,076 for Associate Degree Digital Communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bob Jones University Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#7

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

Baker College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 4 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,376 for associate degree digital communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baker College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Baker College

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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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