2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 34 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies 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 other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 1 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State University

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Drake

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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