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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,007 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,136 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #54 most popular major in Minnesota with 70 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

#1

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$9,170 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Saint Cloud State University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Cloud State University are $9,170 a year.

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$9,146 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,146 per year.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #3 spot in our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 a year.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Minnesota list.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 73
Iowa 53
Kansas 40
Nebraska 12
North Dakota 11
South Dakota 22

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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