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 “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 919 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular communication and media studies programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree media studies students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 41 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Cal State LA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walla Walla University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. Walla Walla U is a private not-for-profit institution located in College Place, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #5 spot on the list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 1 students 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%.
Western Oregon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s ranking. Western Oregon University is a public institution located in Monmouth, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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