2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 403 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,080 and $24,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 6 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Rhode Island

#2

Bryant University

Smithfield, Rhode Island

$26,832 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bryant University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryant, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bryant University are $26,832, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Bryant University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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