2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Georgia, there were 844 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,236 and $27,078 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UGA

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 8 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Georgia State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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