by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Other Communication & Media Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in communications, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at IUP paid an average of $774 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $516 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,288 | $13,932 |
| Fees | $3,330 | $4,275 |
The median early career salary of communications students who receive their doctor’s degree from IUP is $76,460 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Online degrees for the IUP communications doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the IUP Online Learning page.
About 33.3% of the students who received their PhD in communications in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Of those students who received a doctor’s degree at IUP in communications at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Communication & Media Studies | 3 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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