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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

With 2,714 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #11 most popular major in Indiana.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana

Check out the communication and journalism doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Purdue University - Main Campus

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Indiana. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $10,389 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $11,329 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Indiana University - Bloomington

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,555
Ohio 3,901
Illinois 4,261
Wisconsin 1,988

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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