2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 395 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 299 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#2 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

Stanford also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 271 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern California

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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