2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Virginia (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Virginia, there were 373 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 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 Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

VCU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$18,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bridgewater College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Bridgewater College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgewater, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bridgewater College are $18,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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