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2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$23,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 121,387 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 12,513 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,547 and $23,301 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism programs, but they also 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 communication and journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree communication & journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’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 Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at Texas A&M University - College Station

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communication and journalism students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree communication & journalism students whose families make $0-$30k list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, 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%.

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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