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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,119 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,317 Avg Salary

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

With 1,149 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #19 most popular major in Utah.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Utah to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for communications students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Communication & Media Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best value school in Utah for communication and media studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UVU are $6,010 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #1 for overall quality for communications in Utah.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,228 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,277
Idaho 565
Montana 60
Wyoming 87

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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