2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 233 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 16 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication and media studies 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760.

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#1

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Indiana, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,207 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

IUP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUP are $18,207, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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