2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 319 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree media studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region

#1

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$34,806 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 24 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Sacred Heart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Sacred Heart

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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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