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2023 Best Value Journalism Associate Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,284 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Journalism Associate Degree School for You

Journalism is the #66 most popular major in California with 1,622 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Journalism Associate Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for journalism 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 Journalism Associate Degree Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Journalism

#1

San Diego Mesa College

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego Mesa College the best value school in California for journalism students working on their associate degree. San Diego Mesa College is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Diego Mesa College are $1,144 per year.

Read full report on Journalism at San Diego Mesa College

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent associate degree programs at Academy of Art University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Academy of Art University undergraduate students pay an average of $25,424 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at Academy of Art University Report

Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 216
Oregon 155
Nevada 156
Hawaii 11
Alaska 19

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
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 Jfurrer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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