2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other communication and media studies programs and cost less that 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 $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Maharishi International University

Fairfield, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$12,835 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maharishi International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. MIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Iowa. It awarded 3 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MIU is $12,835 for plains states region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Maharishi International University

#2

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$13,492 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. WSC is a small public school situated in Wayne, Nebraska. It awarded 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WSC is $13,492 for plains states region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full WSC Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$23,301 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 $48-$75k list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Augsburg also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Augsburg is $23,301 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Augsburg University Other Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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