2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. 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 Maryland, there were 1,605 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,942 and $25,077 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 162 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 128 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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