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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 12,001 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,687 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in communications. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communications.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree communication arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 23 masters’s communication arts 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Santa Barbara, California, and it awarded 3 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, 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 University of Portland. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of Portland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 1 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, 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 Pepperdine University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Pepperdine University is a fairly large school located in Malibu, California that handed out 1 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #7, University of California - Davis did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 300 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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