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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

17 Colleges
$56,176 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the best school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#5

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

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#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #6 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree communication and media studies programs. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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#8

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

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#10

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and media studies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 211
Florida 381
Georgia 62
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 90
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 50
Alabama 111
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 13
Arkansas 16
West Virginia 46

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communications

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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