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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
101 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,804 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications 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 communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree communication arts students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southeast Region

#1

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University also made our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bob Jones University are $9,573.

Read more about Communications at Bob Jones University

#2

Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens University of Charlotte. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Queens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Queens University of Charlotte are $14,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Queens Communications Report

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. ETSU is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree communication arts students list, ETSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communications at East Tennessee State University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #4 spot on the list. UAH is a public institution located in Huntsville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama in Huntsville are $25,386.

Read full report on Communications at UAH

#5

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wake Forest University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communications at Wake Forest University

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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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