2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,297 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 34 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #1 spot on the list. WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.

WSC also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $10,333 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wayne State College.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at WSC

#2

Maharishi International University

Fairfield, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$12,278 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

MIU also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Maharishi International University is $12,278 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at MIU

#3

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$21,179 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augsburg University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Augsburg is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Augsburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $21,179 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Augsburg.

Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Augsburg University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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