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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,224 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,692 Avg Salary

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

Communication & Media Studies is the #11 most popular major in Louisiana with 815 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. 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 & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

Check out the communications master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Communication & Media Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College the best value school in Louisiana for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana State University are $13,031 a year.

Louisiana State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UL Lafayette graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Monroe is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ULM are $9,777 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $7,959 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Louisiana Tech also made our Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #4.

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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
Arkansas 457
Alabama 968
Mississippi 307
West Virginia 214

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

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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