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2022 Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
247 Degrees Awarded
$12,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Rhetoric & Composition is the 232nd most popular major in the country with 2,482 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 259 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 247 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in rhetoric and composition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality rhetoric and composition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the rhetoric and composition program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree rhetoric and composition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 200 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $7,266 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Rhetoric and Composition students whose families make $0-$30k 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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Rhetoric & Composition at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Morris. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Morris, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Morris, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Morris is $4,230 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Rhetoric and Composition students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Morris Rhetoric & Composition Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to qualified students.

UNK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,078 for plains states region bachelor’s degree rhetoric and composition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNK.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Rhetoric & Composition at UNK

#4

Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s rhetoric and composition students in 2019-2020.

NSU also made our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $13,133 for plains states region bachelor’s degree rhetoric and composition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northern State University.

Read full report on Rhetoric & Composition at Northern State University

#5

Coe College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Coe College landed the #5 spot on the list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Coe also took the #5 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,590 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Rhetoric and Composition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Coe.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Rhetoric & Composition at Coe

#6

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Drake University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Drake University is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 10 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #2 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drake University is $25,212 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Rhetoric and Composition students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

Full Drake Rhetoric & Composition 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.

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