2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Georgia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Georgia” ranking - to help you make that 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 Georgia, there were 844 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,236 and $27,078 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree communications students.

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

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 10 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UGA Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 8 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Georgia State

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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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