2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 121,387 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,745 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,979 and $25,415 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree communication & journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Kentucky Communication & Journalism Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k)

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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