2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,537 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications 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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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,670 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of California - Santa Barbara is located in Santa Barbara, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.

UCSB also made our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Barbara are $28,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communications at UCSB

#2

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Davis Communications Report

#3

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.

UCSD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

Read more about Communications at UCSD

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k)

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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