by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 12,001 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 745 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in communications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree communication arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 13 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 14 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 3 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #7, Bethel University Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 64 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Communications at Bethel University Minnesota
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