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2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$13,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 749 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 3 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Dakota State University Communications Report

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Wichita State University is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WSU Communications Report

#3

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree communication arts students with aid list, Drury University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Drury University Communications Report

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 4 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Saint Louis University Communications Report

#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the #5 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communications at Bethel University Minnesota

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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

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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