2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting 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 Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 121,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across Ohio, there were 4,845 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,802 and $24,973 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 102 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,171 and $20,046 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Ohio (With Aid)

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$4,208 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 associates’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.

Sinclair Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Ohio Associate Degree Communication & Journalism students with aid.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Sinclair Community College

#2

Franklin University

Columbus, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$12,895 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Getting Aid. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s communication and journalism students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franklin University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $12,895 for Ohio Associate Degree Communication & Journalism students with aid per year to attend Franklin University.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Franklin University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (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.

Credits

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