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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 58 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #50 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication & Media Studies

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW - Madison are $12,175 a year.

UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 163
Illinois 270
Ohio 100
Indiana 304

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

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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