2023 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region

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Communication Management and Strategic Communications is the 352nd most popular major in the country with 1,397 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 101 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication management and strategic communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication management and strategic communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication management and strategic communications 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 Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Communication Management and Strategic Communications in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,878 Average Net Price

$50,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 74 ’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,878 for Plains States Region Communication Management and Strategic Communications students per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication Management and Strategic Communications at UMN Twin Cities

2

Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,859 Average Net Price

$45,743 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 19 ’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University is $14,859 for Plains States Region Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

Full WSU Communication Management and Strategic Communications Report

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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.