2022 Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full South Dakota State University Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies 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 the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Drake

• 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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