2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 474 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 25 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other communication and media studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$8,232 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Spring Arbor University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Spring Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Spring Arbor also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Spring Arbor University are $8,232, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Spring Arbor University

#2

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$20,039 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Evansville, Indiana, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

USI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USI are $20,039, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern Indiana Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Other Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’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.

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