2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,302 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,723 and $23,826 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in radio, television and digital communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent radio, television and digital communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The digital 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 “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$4,208 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

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#2

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$15,049 Average Net Price

$22,602 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Owosso, Michigan, and it awarded 4 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baker College is $15,049 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Digital Communication students with aid.

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.

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

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (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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