2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 77 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,033 and $30,126 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management 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 arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at UMN Twin Cities

#2

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. SMU MN is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU MN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU MN are $10,260.

Full Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Arts & Media Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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