2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

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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 Washington, there were 1,287 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,058 and $20,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UW Seattle

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 58 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561.

Full Wazzu Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$28,921 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,188 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

EWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at EWU are $28,921, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at EWU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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