2022 Best Value Master’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 Master’s in Georgia 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 Georgia, there were 844 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,236 and $27,078 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 21 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Full UGA Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

$18,682 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

VSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Valdosta State University are $18,682, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Valdosta State University

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,568 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 36 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Full Georgia State Communication & Media Studies Report

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