2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 17,036 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,302 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,723 and $23,826 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio, television and digital communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The digital communication 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 Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree digital communication students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 6 doctorate’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567.

Full Northwestern Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #1 spot on the list. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s digital communication degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Kent State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Kent State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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.

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