2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 423 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communications at Wake Forest University

#2

Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$14,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens University of Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Queens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Queens are $14,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communications at Queens University of Charlotte

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• Best Value Master’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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