2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication and media studies 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k list, Drake has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Drake

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Dakota State Other Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’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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