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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s” 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 Illinois, there were 373 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution located in Edwardsville, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Governors State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Located in University Park, Illinois, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Governors State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 129 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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