2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree School for You
Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Communication & Media Studies Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $2,350 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spring Arbor University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spring Arbor.
Spring Arbor graduate students pay an average of $8,383 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Youngstown State University is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their master’s degree. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.
Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,931 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Illinois State also is in the top 20% of our Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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University of Dayton came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.
UDayton graduate students pay an average of $18,140 in tuition and fees each year.
UDayton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.
Purdue University Northwest ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 per year.
University of Akron Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Akron.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.
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Central Michigan University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.
Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 163 |
| Illinois | 270 |
| Ohio | 100 |
| Indiana | 304 |
| Wisconsin | 58 |
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Majors Related to Communications
One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Communications
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Relations & Advertising | 2,828 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 2,562 |
| Journalism | 1,238 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 341 |
| Publishing | 214 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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).
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