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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 697 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 $64,136 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree media studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s list. Edinboro is located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full Edinboro Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Clarion University is a small public school situated in Clarion, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Clarion University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 masters’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Drexel
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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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