2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 71st most popular major in the country with 17,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 3,049 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,706 and $20,644 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio, television and digital communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,670 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s digital communication degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Barbara are $28,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at University of California - Santa Barbara

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $0-$30k)

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.

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