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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,689 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #39 most popular major in West Virginia with 46 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our analysis found West Virginia University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

WVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in West Virginia list.

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Out of the 2 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute, WVSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVSU are $8,833 a year.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at West Virginia State University

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
Florida 381
Georgia 62
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 90
Kentucky 70
Louisiana 50
Alabama 111
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 13
Arkansas 16

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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