2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Connecticut, there were 88 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$16,158 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. CCSU is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $16,158 for connecticut bachelor’s degree media studies students with aid per year to attend CCSU.

Full CCSU Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$20,763 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

SCSU also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Southern Connecticut State University is $20,763 for connecticut bachelor’s degree media studies students with aid.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at SCSU

#3

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$22,600 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend UBridgeport is $22,600 for connecticut bachelor’s degree media studies students with aid.

Full UBridgeport Communication & Media Studies Report

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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