The 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 Washington State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in communications, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Wazzu paid an average of $1,322 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $617 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,781 | $25,879 |
Fees | $1,682 | $1,682 |
Online degrees for the Wazzu 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 Wazzu Online Learning page.
About 85.7% of the students who received their PhD in communications in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.3% of the communications doctor’s degrees at Wazzu in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Communication & Media Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Speech Communication | 7 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.