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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,835 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 819 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

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 & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Boston University

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 33
Connecticut 167
New Hampshire 187
Maine 25
Vermont 5

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 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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