2023 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Idaho

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Idaho” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Idaho, there were 5 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 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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Schools Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Idaho

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho media studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Idaho

1

Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, Idaho

#5 overall quality in Idaho

$49,029 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,181 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified ’s media studies students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 Northwest Nazarene University

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

$44,640 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,266 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 0 ’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Idaho State University

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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