2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 392 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree media studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at SIUC

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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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