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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 233 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other communication and media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree other communication and media studies students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 198 masters’s other communication and media studies 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 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full USC Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’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 #2 spot on the list. Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Stanford Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walla Walla University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Walla Walla U is a private not-for-profit institution located in College Place, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s 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%.
Full Walla Walla U Other Communication & Media Studies Report
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- 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%.
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- *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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