2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The media management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Minnesota - 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Arts & Media Management Report

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 6 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU MN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota are $10,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at SMU MN

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (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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