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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Oregon, there were 442 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,683 and $23,814 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 7 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Portland State University Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

$23,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Portland landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 2 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Portland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Portland Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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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