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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Washington, there were 291 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful communication and media studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Washington for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree media studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Washington for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Washington State University
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Washington for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Walla Walla University landed the #2 spot on the list. Walla Walla U is a small school located in College Place, Washington that handed out 3 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Walla Walla University
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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%.
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- *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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