2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 474 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 25 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$20,039 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Indiana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. USI is a fairly large school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 6 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

USI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USI are $20,039.

Full USI Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at SIUC

#3

Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$8,232 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Spring Arbor University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Spring Arbor, Michigan 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 6 students in 2019-2020.

Spring Arbor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Spring Arbor are $8,232.

Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Spring Arbor University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k)

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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