2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the New England region, there were 4,194 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,091 and $26,230 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 Communications Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree communications students with aid.
Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communications degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 3 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.
UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’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 UMaine are $28,352.
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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%.
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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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