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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,374 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 302 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other communication and media studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Laie, Hawaii. It awarded 22 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full BYU - H Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanguard University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Vanguard University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Costa Mesa, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Vanguard Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno Pacific is a small school located in Fresno, California that handed out 9 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Fresno Pacific
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 18 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Stanford Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Corban University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 Other Communication & Media Studies at Corban University
Chapman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Orange, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students 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 2.1% 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 full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Chapman
Pacific Union College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Pacific Union College is located in Angwin, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at PUC
The Master’s University and Seminary ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. The Master’s University is a small school located in Santa Clarita, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at The Master’s University and Seminary
Walla Walla University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. Walla Walla University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in College Place, Washington. It awarded 0 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Walla Walla U
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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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