2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Minnesota, there were 981 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,040 and $25,321 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota doctor’s degree communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 2 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UMN Twin Cities

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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

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