2022 Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k

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 “Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 2,312 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k.

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

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 22 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent also made our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Regent

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

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

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