2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 62 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #53 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington to see which programs offered the best value experiences for communications students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington

Check out the communications programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

46 Degrees

#7 in Quality in Washington

$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for communication and media studies students. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Washington State University Report

#2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

7 Degrees

#4 in Quality in Washington

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in Washington. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Seattle are $12,076 a year.

UW Seattle not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington list.

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#3

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, WA

6 Degrees

#13 in Quality in Washington

$7,922 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington list. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.

EWU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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