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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 269 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 203 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 25 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 New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Michael’s College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Saint Michael’s College
Out of the 25 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dean College landed the #2 spot on the list. Franklin, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Dean College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby - Sawyer College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Colby - Sawyer is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Colby - Sawyer Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fisher College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region. Fisher College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fisher College Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Bridgeport
Central Connecticut State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full CCSU Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #7, Worcester State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Worcester State Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #8, Brown University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Brown Communication & Media Studies Report
University of Southern Maine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Southern Maine Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #10, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Saint Joseph’s Maine
Hampshire College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Hampshire College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Hampshire College Communication & Media Studies Report
Western New England University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Western New England is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 6 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Western New England University
University of Maine landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UMaine Communication & Media Studies Report
Northern Vermont University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Northern Vermont University
Bentley University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Bentley
With a ranking of #16, Southern Connecticut State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 4 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at SCSU
With a ranking of #17, Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, 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 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at MIT
New England College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Full NEC Communication & Media Studies Report
Salem State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #19. Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Salem State
Suffolk University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 Suffolk University Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #20, Anna Maria College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. Anna Maria College is a small school located in Paxton, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Anna Maria
Emerson College came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Emerson College
Castleton University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Castleton, Vermont, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Castleton
Endicott College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #20. Endicott College is a small school located in Beverly, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Endicott College
Quinnipiac University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Hamden, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Quinnipiac University Communication & Media Studies Report
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