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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arkansas, there were 414 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,700 and $25,448 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Arkansas

#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas master’s degree communications students with aid list, A-State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas State University - Main Campus are $11,586.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southeast 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.

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