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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maryland, there were 126 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication & media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication & media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication & media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #1 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 79 ’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our maryland media studies students list, UMBC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMBC is $19,460 for maryland media studies students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Frostburg State University is located in Frostburg, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 ’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Frostburg State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for Frostburg State University is $15,748 for Maryland Media Studies students.
Full Frostburg State University Communication & Media Studies Report
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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
- *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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