2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 West Virginia, there were 628 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in West Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at WVU

• 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.

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

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