2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

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Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 South Dakota, there were 175 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,400 and $24,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State University

#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k. This medium-sized school is located in Vermillion, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $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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