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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,939 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

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

With 6,024 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #12 most popular major in Florida.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Florida State University the best value school in Florida for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $11,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $10,428 per year.

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#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Out of the 4 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

U Miami also took the #5 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,754
West Virginia 547
South Carolina 1,359
Virginia 2,555
Arkansas 946
Mississippi 878
Tennessee 1,671
Louisiana 1,031
Alabama 1,832
Kentucky 1,560
Georgia 3,112

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 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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