2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,002 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree communication arts students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree communication arts students list, UIUC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communications at UIUC

#2

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Kent State University at Kent is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952.

Read full report on Communications at Kent State

#3

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communications at University of Illinois at Chicago

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications

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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