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

5 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$33,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master's in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 1,053 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 New York” 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 New York

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New York

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hunter, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter College are $20,828, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Hunter

#2

Queens College

Queens, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Queens, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

QC also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at QC are $21,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Queens College Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 16 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pace University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Pace University

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Syracuse Communication & Media Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Rochester Institute of Technology is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology Communication & Media Studies Report

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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.

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