2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 121,387 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. 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 New Mexico, there were 245 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,225 and $15,243 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 83 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Central New Mexico Community College is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 82 associates’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also made our “Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $3,429 for New Mexico Associate Degree Communication & Journalism students.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at Central New Mexico Community 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.

Credits

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

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