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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 270 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 3 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Arizona”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree media studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Arizona list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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- 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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