2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada 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 Nevada, there were 354 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,967 and $25,697 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Nevada (With Aid)

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$11,424 Average Net Price

$46,561 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s communications degrees to 247 students in 2019-2020.

UNLV also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Nevada” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNLV is $11,424 for nevada communications students with aid.

Full UNLV Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$15,081 Average Net Price

$41,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 ’s communications degrees to qualified students.

UNR also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Nevada” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Reno is $15,081 for nevada communications students with aid.

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• Best Value 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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