2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,297 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 29 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication and media studies 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$26,718 Average Net Price

$54,535 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified ’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $26,718 for Texas Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SMU.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at SMU

• Best Value Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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