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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

With 307 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #27 most popular major in Mississippi.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor's Degree School

Our analysis found University of Southern Mississippi to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Mississippi. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year.

Southern Miss did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools 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
West Virginia 214

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communications

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 values are for the top school 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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