by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 200 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,946 and $23,828 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 6 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s communications degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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