2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New York

A doctor's degree in communication and media studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #52 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 doctor's degrees in communication and media studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in communications matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New York ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality communication and media studies program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Media Studies Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for communication and media studies.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in New York

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in communication and media studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Communications Students Working on Their Doctorate

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Syracuse University is a popular decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in communication and media studies. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in communication and media studies in New York.

There were approximately 7 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.

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2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Cornell University is a popular choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in communication and media studies. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in communication and media studies in New York.

There were roughly 5 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a popular choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in communication and media studies. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.

There were approximately 4 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in communication and media studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in communication and media studies has to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in communication and media studies in New York.

There were approximately 3 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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5

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in communication and media studies in New York.

There were approximately 1 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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University at Albany
Albany, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a large student population. More information about a doctorate in communication and media studies from University at Albany

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	44
Maryland	114	10
District of Columbia	81	13

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Communication & Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Communications Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	8
Communication & Media Studies	7
Communications	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Communications

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.