2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 1,287 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,058 and $20,100 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 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 Washington”.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Washington.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Washington. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s communications degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UW Seattle

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communications degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington doctor’s degree communications students list, Wazzu has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Wazzu

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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