2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 451 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in California

#1

California State University - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,723 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. Cal State LA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State LA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State LA are $17,723, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Cal State LA

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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