2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Plains States Region
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Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree communication arts students.
Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 3 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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 the Plains States Region list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree communication arts students list, Drury University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #3 spot on the list. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 38 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Walden University also made our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree communication arts students list, SLU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.
WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112.
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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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