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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 3,626 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 402 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer 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 southeast region master’s degree media studies students.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bridgewater College is a small school located in Bridgewater, Virginia that handed out 5 masters’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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Bridgewater
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 129 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UF
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Peay State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clarksville, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Austin Peay State University
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 111 masters’s media studies degrees 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Florida International University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Murray State is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Murray State University Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #6, West Virginia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Institute, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at WVSU
East Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at East Tennessee State University
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UT Knoxville
Valdosta State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at VSU
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Louisiana State University
Jackson State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Jackson State University is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Jackson State Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #12, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 20 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Middle Tennessee State University
With a ranking of #14, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 16 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full USF Tampa Communication & Media Studies Report
University of Memphis came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Memphis is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Memphis Communication & Media Studies Report
University of Georgia ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 8 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Georgia
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at VCU
The University of West Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. UWF is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 98 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UWF
Grambling State University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Grambling State University is located in Grambling, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at GSU
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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