2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Montana (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 71 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,200 and $24,597 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree communications students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Montana (With Aid)

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Montana are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UM Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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