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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Washington, there were 1,163 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,427 and $20,916 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful communication and media studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communications degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Wazzu
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Washington for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UW Seattle Communication & Media Studies Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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