2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” 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 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and journalism 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 communication and journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Journalism Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree communication & journalism students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Virginia

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 22 doctorate’s communication and journalism degrees 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 are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Regent

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

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