2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in Washington”.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington

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

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

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. Washington State University is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Wazzu

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$28,921 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,188 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at EWU are $28,921, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Washington University

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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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