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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,939 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

Communication & Media Studies is the #36 most popular major in Florida with 381 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Florida 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 Florida

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

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

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Our analysis found Florida State University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Florida. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $11,553 per year.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF also made our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $10,428 per year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in Florida. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U Miami are $41,036 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, U Miami is ranked #5 for overall quality for communications in Florida.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 211
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.

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 4 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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