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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$25,614 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

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

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

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.

Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UGA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.

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#6

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree communication and media studies programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $26,707 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.

UF also claimed a spot on our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#7

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and media studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,798 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for communication and media studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana State University are $29,966 a year.

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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.

  • 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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