by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Speech Communication. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication & Media Studies is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Regent University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in communications, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Regent paid an average of $648 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,552 | $15,552 |
| Fees | $1,500 | $1,500 |
The median early career salary of communications students who receive their doctor’s degree from Regent is $54,713 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Online degrees for the Regent communications doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Regent Online Learning page.
About 63.6% of the students who received their PhD in communications in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in communications at Regent in 2019-2020, 40.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Speech Communication | 22 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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