2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in South Carolina (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across South Carolina, there were 192 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 South Carolina For Those Getting Aid”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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• 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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