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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,528 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 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 colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree media studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Governors State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in University Park, Illinois, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the #2 spot on the list. South Bend, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full Indiana University - South Bend Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Edwardsville, Illinois, and it awarded 5 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington Communication & Media Studies Report
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Communication & Media Studies Report
Miami University - Oxford landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Miami University - Oxford
DePaul University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 129 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at DePaul University
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