2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 62,855 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, communication & media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. 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 District of Columbia, there were 181 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,946 and $30,576 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $158,260 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication & media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication & media studies.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communications students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 91%.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Howard University

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communications students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 The American University

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

• *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.

Credits

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