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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 in Delaware” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 66,787 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 239 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,167 and $25,500 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools in Delaware” 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communications Schools in Delaware” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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 in Delaware
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools in Delaware.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Communications Schools in Delaware list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 175 diplomas to qualified ’s communications students in 2020-2021.
UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Delaware” list. It costs about $18,967 for delaware communications students per year to attend UD.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UD Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Schools in Delaware. Del State is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Del State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Delaware” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Delaware State University is $14,866 for delaware communications students.
Full Del State Communication & Media Studies Report
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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
- *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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