2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in communication & media studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #136 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for communication & media studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 47 doctor's degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on communication & media studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of communication & media studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication & media studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication & media studies students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in communication & media studies.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Media Studies

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication & media studies from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in communication & media studies. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in communication & media studies from University of Florida

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best communication & media studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	12
North Carolina	190	4
Georgia	190	6
Tennessee	150	8
South Carolina	135	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Media Studies

One of 3 majors within the Communication & Media Studies area of study, Communication & Media Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	104
Other Communication & Media Studies	26

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.