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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 10,266 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 564 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree media studies students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 9 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Webster University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Cloud State University is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at St. Cloud State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at North Dakota State University
University of Northern Iowa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Northern Iowa
University of South Dakota landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. USD is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 60 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of South Dakota
Lindenwood University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Lindenwood University
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- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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