2023 Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 17,669 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 3,708 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,945 and $23,562 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in radio, television and digital communication. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in radio, television and digital communication.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate”.

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

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s digital communication students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Digital Communication Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 4 doctorate’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Duke University

• Most Popular 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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