2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

Communication & Journalism (Other) is the 195th most popular major in the country with 1,253 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,210 and had an average of $27,463 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 147 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,200 and $31,294 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism (other) programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and journalism (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The other 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 Other Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Other Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree other communications students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$17,675 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,463 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. Spokane, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other communications degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

Gonzaga also made our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gonzaga University are $17,675.

Read more about Communication & Journalism (Other) at Gonzaga

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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