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2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 743 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree media studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Texas

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UH

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 46 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Texas Tech University

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 12 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040.

Full Texas State Communication & Media Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephen F Austin State University are $15,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at SFASU

#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton State University are $15,485.

Full Tarleton State University Communication & Media Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UIW also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIW are $19,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of the Incarnate Word Communication & Media Studies Report

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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%.

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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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