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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,374 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 58 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 50 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” 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 one of the most popular other communication and media studies programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Drake Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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