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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 155 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 12 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 colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree media studies students.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 71 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at American University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Edinboro, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full Edinboro Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Clarion University is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Clarion University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pace University - New York. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 16 masters’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%.
Full Pace University Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the #5 spot on the list. Hunter College is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 17 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Hunter
With a ranking of #6, Queens College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. QC is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 12 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 QC Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #7, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 9 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 86%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at RIT
Drexel University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 Drexel University
Syracuse University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Syracuse is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Syracuse University
With a ranking of #10, Brooklyn College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 1 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brooklyn College Communication & Media Studies Report