2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 12,001 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,783 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in communications. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communications.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree communication arts students.
Top 9 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens University of Charlotte. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 48 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Read full report on Communications at Queens
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend High Point University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Full High Point Communications Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brenau University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communications at Brenau
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
Full ETSU Communications Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Bob Jones University Communications Report
University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. University of Alabama in Huntsville is a medium-sized school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 6 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Read more about Communications at UAH
Wake Forest University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at Wake Forest University
Liberty University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communications at Liberty University
Barry University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Barry University Communications Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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