2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in Missouri

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Drury University is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515.

Read full report on Communications at Drury University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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