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2023 Best Value Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$29,781 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Journalism Doctor's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #128 most popular major in the country with 1,238 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for journalism 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.

2023 Best Value Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the journalism doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in the Plains States Region for journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 60
Minnesota 0
Iowa 47
Kansas 24
Nebraska 27
South Dakota 1

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Jfurrer.

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