2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 1,349 people earned their degree in other communication, journalism, & related programs, making the major the 404th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 123 other communication, journalism, & related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 other communication, journalism, & related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other communication, journalism, & related programs. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other communication, journalism, & related programs program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other communication, journalism, and related programs students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s other communication, journalism, and related programs students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs at Webster

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Josh Hallett.