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2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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$56,176 Avg Salary

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

With 90 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #44 most popular major in Tennessee.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Communication & Media Studies

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best school in Tennessee for communication and media studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in Tennessee. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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