2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region

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Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,005 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 490 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication & media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication & media studies.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree media studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s media studies students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UMN Twin Cities

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Plains States Region. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Kansas Communication & Media Studies Report

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.

Credits

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