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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,374 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 654 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other communication and media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in other communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree other communication and media studies students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. IUP is a public institution located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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