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2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$13,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 749 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree communication arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communications at North Dakota State University

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communications at SLU

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. WSU is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communications at WSU

#4

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Drury University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 9 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drury University are $8,515, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communications at Drury University

#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 2 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bethel University Minnesota, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bethel University Minnesota 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.

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