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2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Master's in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 442 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,683 and $23,814 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Portland State University

#2

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Portland. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

University of Portland also took the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868.

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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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