2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree digital communication students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #1 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 8 doctorate’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at UT Austin

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

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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%.

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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