2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 177 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree communication arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 4 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074.

Read full report on Communications at Saint Louis University

#2

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$8,515 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 9 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University also made our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drury University Communications Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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