2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree School for You
Communication & Journalism is the #17 most popular major in the country with 12,242 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication & Journalism
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.
University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.
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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and journalism colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 643 |
| Texas | 637 |
| Oklahoma | 52 |
| New Mexico | 24 |
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Communication & Journalism Related Majors for Communication & Journalism
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Communication & Journalism
| 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 6 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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