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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona

6 Colleges
$21,436 Avg Salary
$13,533 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 3,531 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Arizona to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communication and journalism majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Estrella Mountain Community College to be the most popular school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue an online associate degree in Arizona. Estrella Mountain Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Avondale.

Of the 13 students majoring in communication and journalism at Estrella Mountain Community College, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Cochise County Community College District helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in Arizona. Cochise College is a small public school located in the city of Sierra Vista.

Women make up 67% of the communication and journalism majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paradise Valley Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list. Paradise Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Phoenix.

Of the 8 students majoring in communication and journalism at Paradise Valley Community College, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chandler.

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#3

Rio Salado College

Tempe, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, Rio Salado College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 8,480
New Mexico 199
Oklahoma 1,106

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 averages are for the top 6 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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