2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,297 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 332 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011.

Full Stanford University Other Communication & Media Studies Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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