2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Plains States Region

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In 2019-2020, 3,297 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$13,765 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Wayne, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

WSC also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend WSC is $13,765 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students.

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#2

Maharishi International University

Fairfield, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$12,441 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

MIU also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for MIU is $12,441 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at MIU

#3

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,653 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Augsburg University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Augsburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $24,653 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students per year to attend Augsburg.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Augsburg

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies

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

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