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2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
$17,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Southwest region, there were 1,883 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,188 and $22,579 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in radio, television and digital communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radio, television and digital communication programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree digital communication students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 6 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree digital communication students whose families make $30-$48k list, ASU - Skysong has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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