2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 121,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Virginia, there were 2,312 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The communication & journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Regent also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at Regent

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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