2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other communication and media studies 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 other communication and media studies 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. 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

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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