by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 937 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 913 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 North Carolina”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson C Smith University landed the #1 spot on the 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina list. This small school is located in Asheville, North Carolina, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shaw University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Shaw University
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 144 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 422 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Communication & Media Studies Report
Barton College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. Wilson, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Barton College
North Carolina Central University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. 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.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at North Carolina Central University
Winston - Salem State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Winston - Salem State University
University of North Carolina at Pembroke came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina ranking. University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a public institution located in Pembroke, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Pembroke
With a ranking of #10, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Elon University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Elon, North Carolina, and it awarded 22 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 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Elon University
With a ranking of #12, Meredith College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in North Carolina list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 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 86%. 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%.
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