2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Advertising in the Plains States Region
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 “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Advertising is the 138th most popular major in the country with 4,751 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 133 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the advertising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Advertising in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend South Dakota State University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 53 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $15,496 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Moorhead, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MSU Moorhead is $16,893 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 21 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northwest is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Northwest also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Missouri State University is $12,354 for plains states region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
Metropolitan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
Metro State also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Metro State is $15,225 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
Webster University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Webster also took the #5 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $22,768 for plains states region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend Webster University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Drake University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 7 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drake is $29,432 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
Drury University - CCPS also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is $13,233 for plains states region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
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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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