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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 62,855 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , communication & media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,194 and had an average of $23,803 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 14,317 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,160 and $21,480 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication & media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication & media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree communications students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 10 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Oregon
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at USC
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Santa Barbara, California, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communications students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stanford University is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 5 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Stanford University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 4 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Wazzu
With a ranking of #6, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 3 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UW Seattle Communication & Media Studies Report
University of California - San Diego ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region list. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of California - San Diego
Chapman University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Chapman University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Chapman University Communication & Media Studies Report
University of California - Davis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Davis, California, this large public school handed out 293 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communications students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of California - Davis
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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