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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2 Colleges
$23,317 Avg Salary
$13,029 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree School for You

With 66,787 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Colleges.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Communication & Media Studies

#1

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Full Sail University the best school in the Southeast Region for communication and media studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Winter Park, Full Sail University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Full Sail University

Out of the 2 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. CSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Columbus State University

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 795
Virginia 2,064
North Carolina 2,972
Florida 3,020
Tennessee 1,000
Kentucky 787
South Carolina 796
Louisiana 815
Arkansas 457
Alabama 968
Mississippi 307
West Virginia 214

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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