2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UGA Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Georgia State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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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