2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,166 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 692 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. That schools that top this list have a program in communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Plains States Region

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Dakota Communications Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communications at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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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