2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,240 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications programs, but they also cost less that 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 communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree communication arts students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communications at Texas A&M College Station

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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