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2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Master's in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 71 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,200 and $24,597 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 4 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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