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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 217 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 22 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Chatham University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies 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 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’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 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
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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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