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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 66,787 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Maryland, there were 1,278 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,842 and $27,051 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,541 and $0 respectively.

That schools that top this list have a program in communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland”.

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Maryland

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communications students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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