2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 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 Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 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.

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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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