2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

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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 Iowa, there were 23 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Drake

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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