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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Utah (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid” 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 Utah, there were 1,179 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,671 and $21,819 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and 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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The communications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Utah (With Aid)

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Utah For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 10 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

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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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