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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 508 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 32 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular other communication and media studies programs in the United States.
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The other communication and media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 14 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Ball State University Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 5 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is a small school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 0 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees 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 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 272 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, 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 Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full Northwestern Other Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adler University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Adler is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Adler University Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #5 spot on the list. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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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%.
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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