2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 5,198 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,110 and $35,211 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences 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 sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$6,903 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Wesson, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s communication sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Copiah-Lincoln Community College is $6,903 for southeast region associate degree communication sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Copiah-Lincoln Community College Communication Sciences Report

#2

East Mississippi Community College

Scooba, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$7,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Mississippi Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scooba, Mississippi, and it awarded 2 associates’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

EMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for EMCC is $7,995 for southeast region associate degree communication sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Communication Sciences at EMCC

#3

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$21,725 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Collegedale, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s communication sciences degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree communication sciences students whose families make $48-$75k list, Southern Adventist has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Adventist is $21,725 for southeast region associate degree communication sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Southern Adventist

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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