2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 10,266 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,046 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication and media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southwest Region

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s media studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Tech University

2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

#20 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

3

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s media studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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