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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in District of Columbia

5 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 208 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,875 and $28,743 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also 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 Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in District of Columbia

#1

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Trinity Washington University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 13 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend Trinity College is $17,477 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Trinity Washington University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend GWU is $29,282 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at GWU

#3

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k. Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Gallaudet not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $19,147 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Gallaudet.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Gallaudet

#4

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #4 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 34 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend The American University is $37,117 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at The American University

#5

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 11 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $33,746 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Catholic University of America.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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