2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in West Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 West Virginia, there were 218 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,933 and $22,778 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 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 West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in West Virginia

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

WVU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at WVU

#2

West Virginia State University

Institute, West Virginia

$19,555 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. West Virginia State University is a public institution located in Institute, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia State University are $19,555.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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