by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Speech Communication is the 18th most popular major in the country with 41,146 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 2,089 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 110 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 19 colleges that offered a degree in speech communication. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their speech communication program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dubuque. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Dubuque is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 21 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech Communication at Minnesota State University - Mankato
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #3 spot on the list. UCM is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 18 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. Pittsburg, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s speech communication degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 8 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 12 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Webster University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Speech Communication at Webster University
University of South Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of South Dakota is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Speech Communication at University of South Dakota
University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - St Louis is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech Communication at University of Missouri - St Louis
University of Kansas landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 9 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lindenwood University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Charles, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech Communication at Lindenwood University
Fort Hays State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Northern Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Speech Communication at University of Northern Iowa
Kansas State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #15. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 3 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #16. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 1 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Drury University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Drury University is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 0 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Speech Communication Report
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 223 diplomas to qualified masters’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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