2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Across the New England region, there were 240 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 33 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region

#1

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Fairfield University

#2

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$31,754 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #2 spot on the list. Emerson is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 18 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Emerson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Emerson College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies

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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