2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 5,765 people earned their degree in visual communications, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 374 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual communications. To top this list, a school must have a successful visual communications program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree graphic arts students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s graphic arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full KU Visual Communications Report

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s graphic arts degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Visual Communications at Iowa State

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications

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.