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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

With 391 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #14 most popular major in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for communication and journalism 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. 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 & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication & Journalism

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Purdue is ranked #3 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Indiana.

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Out of the 3 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 2 spot on the list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Indiana. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,329 per year.

IU Bloomington also made our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 757
Ohio 199
Wisconsin 75
Michigan 298

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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