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Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,735 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,664 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 58 colleges that offer a degree in communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communications.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 58 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communications at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 58 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marist College landed the #2 spot on the list. Marist College is a medium-sized school located in Poughkeepsie, New York that handed out 170 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marymount Manhattan College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 58 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Allegheny College landed the #5 spot on the list. Allegheny is located in Meadville, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
SUNY Potsdam ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Potsdam is a small school located in Potsdam, New York that handed out 37 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Cortland came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Cortland, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 86 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Manhattan College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Riverdale, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students 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%.
The College of New Jersey ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The College of New Jersey is a medium-sized public school situated in Ewing, New Jersey. It awarded 85 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #10, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized public school situated in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 69 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Communications Report
Chestnut Hill College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Chestnut Hill College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Siena College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Loudonville, New York, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
College of Staten Island CUNY did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #13. CSI is a public institution located in Staten Island, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 70 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Le Moyne College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Le Moyne College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, Clarks Summit University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Clarks Summit University is located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communications at Clarks Summit University
Canisius College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Buffalo, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
La Salle University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. La Salle University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
St. John Fisher College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Towson University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Towson is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 152 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #21, Wesley College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Wesley College is located in Dover, Delaware and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Washington & Jefferson College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Washington, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
The City College of New York landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. CCNY is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 82 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Fordham University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bronx, New York. It awarded 119 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Centenary University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Centenary University is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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