2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Graphic Communications is the 616th most popular major in the country with 639 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 74 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general graphic communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general graphic communications programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general graphic communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$15,729 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNI is $15,729 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Northern Iowa General Graphic Communications Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$15,109 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 4 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UND is $15,109 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read more about General Graphic Communications at UND

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications (Income $48-$75k)

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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