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2023 Best Value Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$10,590 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Journalism Associate Degree School for You

Journalism is the #70 most popular major in the country with 13,552 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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.

Check out the journalism associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Journalism Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Austin Community College District the best value school in the Southwest Region for journalism students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $10,590 per year. Journalism majors at Austin Community College District take out an average of $13,608 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Austin Community College District is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 888
Arizona 362
Oklahoma 438
New Mexico 70

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 values are for the top school 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.

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