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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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 10,266 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,092 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,638 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 49 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Five Towns College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Dix Hills, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Five Towns College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Muhlenberg College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Muhlenberg College is a small school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania that handed out 56 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Muhlenberg
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIM College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIM College is a small private for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 44 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full LIM Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. The Colleges is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Geneva, New York. It awarded 47 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at The Colleges
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this medium-sized public school handed out 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Delaware State University Communication & Media Studies Report
Iona College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in New Rochelle, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 68 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Iona
With a ranking of #7, Ursinus College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Collegeville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Ursinus
Elizabethtown College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Etown
Washington College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Washington College is located in Chestertown, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Washington College
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 81 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Bloomsburg
With a ranking of #11, SUNY Oneonta did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized school located in Oneonta, New York that handed out 65 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full SUNY Oneonta Communication & Media Studies Report
Marymount Manhattan College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full MMC Communication & Media Studies Report
Pace University - New York landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Pace University
Frostburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #14. This small school is located in Frostburg, Maryland, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Frostburg State University Communication & Media Studies Report
Hunter College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #15. Hunter is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 147 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified 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%.
Full Hunter College Communication & Media Studies Report
Queens College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #16. Queens College is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 116 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at QC
Trinity Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #17. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Trinity College
Vassar College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #18. Vassar is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Vassar College
With a ranking of #19, Medaille College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Medaille is a small school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 12 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Medaille
University of Maryland - Baltimore County ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 76 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maryland - Baltimore County Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #21, Marist College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Marist College
With a ranking of #22, Lehman College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lehman College is a public institution located in Bronx, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lehman College Communication & Media Studies Report
West Chester University of Pennsylvania ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. West Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 78 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at WCUPA
The New School came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 40 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at The New School
With a ranking of #25, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Clarion University of Pennsylvania
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