by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 3,626 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,090 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 88 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication and media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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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 Southeast Region”.
Out of the 88 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morris College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sumter, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dillard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Dillard University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 17 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Dillard University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson C Smith University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Johnson C Smith University is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 23 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Virginia State
Out of the 88 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lane College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lane College is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Tougaloo College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Tougaloo College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tougaloo, Mississippi. It awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Tougaloo College
University of North Carolina at Asheville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Asheville, North Carolina, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of North Carolina at Asheville Communication & Media Studies Report
Claflin University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Claflin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 32 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Claflin
Randolph 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 Southeast Region ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Randolph College
Bethune - Cookman University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Bethune - Cookman University
Shaw University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Shaw University
Berea College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Berea, Kentucky, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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.
North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 144 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at North Carolina A & T State University
University of the Ozarks landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Clarksville, Arkansas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of the Ozarks
With a ranking of #15, Benedict College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Benedict College
Grambling State University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. GSU is a public institution located in Grambling, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Paine College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Talladega College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Talladega College is a small school located in Talladega, Alabama that handed out 7 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Lander University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lander University is a small public school situated in Greenwood, South Carolina. It awarded 27 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 422 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
With a ranking of #21, South Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full South Carolina State University Communication & Media Studies Report
Virginia Union University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #23, Barton College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Wilson, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Barton College
With a ranking of #24, Bridgewater College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Bridgewater is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgewater, Virginia. It awarded 14 bachelors’s media studies degrees 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 Bridgewater College Communication & Media Studies Report
North Carolina Central University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 59 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full North Carolina Central University Communication & Media Studies Report
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