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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 654 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 $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful other communication and media studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree other communication and media studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chatham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Chatham University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’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 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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