2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Southwest Region

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 Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 61st most popular major in the country with 17,669 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,775 and had an average of $24,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,247 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,764 and $24,020 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in radio, television and digital communication. That schools that top this list have a program in radio, television and digital communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Southwest Region

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 6 doctorate’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 doctorate’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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• Most Focused 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

• *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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