2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Iowa

If you plan on getting your master's degree in communication and media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Iowa ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 39 master's degrees in communication and media studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in communications matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Iowa ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of communication and media studies students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Media Studies Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for communication and media studies.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in Iowa

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in communication and media studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Communications Students Working on Their Master's

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Drake University
Des Moines, IA

20 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Drake University is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Iowa.

There were about 20 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at Drake in the most recent data year.

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University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Northern Iowa if you wish to pursue a master's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Iowa.

There were approximately 10 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Iowa is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in communication and media studies. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Iowa.

There were roughly 5 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.

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University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in communication and media studies needs to check out University of Dubuque. Located in the small city of Dubuque, UD is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Iowa.

There were approximately 4 communication and media studies students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	184	133
Minnesota	169	74
Kansas	144	34
Nebraska	116	14
North Dakota	100	9
South Dakota	84	20

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Communication & Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Communications Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Communication & Media Studies	20
Speech Communication	18
Communication & Media Studies	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Communications

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Journalism	45

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.