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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular communication and media studies programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 9 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Webster University Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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 Saint Cloud State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 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
Lindenwood University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 more about Communication & Media Studies at Lindenwood University
University of South Dakota ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 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 more about Communication & Media Studies at University of South Dakota
University of Northern Iowa ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 0 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Full UNI Communication & Media Studies Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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