2024 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in South Dakota
3Colleges in South Dakota
102Media Studies Degrees Awarded
Ranked #82 in popularity, communication & media studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communication & media studies. Combined, these schools handed out 102 degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
The media studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communication & media studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Communication & Media Studies Rankings by Degree Level
The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in South Dakota.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in South Dakota
The schools below may not offer all types of media studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in communication & media studies has to take a look at University of South Dakota. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #386 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USD is a great university overall.
There were about 60 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year.
South Dakota State University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in communication & media studies. South Dakota State is a large public university located in the remote town of Brookings. A Best Colleges rank of #267 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means South Dakota State is a great university overall.
There were about 9 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in communication & media studies needs to check out University of Sioux Falls. Located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls, University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were about 9 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Sioux Falls in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in communication & media studies needs to take a look at Black Hills State University. Located in the distant town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 12th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 21 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at BHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).