2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 17,669 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,775 and had an average of $24,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 308 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,064 and $35,532 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in radio, television and digital communication. That schools that top this list have a program in radio, television and digital communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s digital communication students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kansas Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report

2

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s digital communication students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Webster University

3

Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s digital communication degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Read more about Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Lindenwood University

4

Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri Western State University is a small public school situated in Saint Joseph, Missouri. It awarded 0 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Missouri Western State University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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