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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,072 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,706 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #34 most popular major in West Virginia with 214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in West Virginia to see which bachelor's degree 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Communication & Media Studies

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named West Virginia University the best value school in West Virginia for communication and media studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVU are $9,144 per year.

WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

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#2

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Shepherd University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in West Virginia. Located in the town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Shepherd University are $7,784 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. WVSU is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVSU are $8,833 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Bethany College West Virginia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in West Virginia. Bethany College West Virginia is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Bethany.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bethany College West Virginia are $31,600 a year.

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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
Georgia 795
Virginia 2,064
North Carolina 2,972
Florida 3,020
Tennessee 1,000
Kentucky 787
South Carolina 796
Louisiana 815
Arkansas 457
Alabama 968
Mississippi 307

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

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