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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,750 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism School for You

With 30 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #24 most popular major in Alaska.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

Best Communication & Journalism School

$8,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a degree in Alaska. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAA are $8,750 per year. On average, communication and journalism graduates from UAA take out $17,187 in student loans while working on their degree.

UAA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Communication & Journalism Schools in Alaska list.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at University of Alaska Anchorage

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 17,589
Washington 2,086
Oregon 1,375
Hawaii 292
Nevada 523

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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