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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,352 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,783 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #62 most popular major in Arkansas.

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

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas 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 Arkansas

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

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Arkansas to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $9,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UARK is ranked #3 for overall quality for communications in Arkansas.

Full Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas Report

$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Arkansas list. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-State are $7,130 a year.

A-State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Arkansas list.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value 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
Tennessee 90
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 50
Alabama 111
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 13
West Virginia 46

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

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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