2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. 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 District of Columbia, there were 208 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,875 and $28,743 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also 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 District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree communications students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,479 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at American University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 7 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at George Washington University

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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

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