by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 307 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,821 and $28,496 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 261 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree communications students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tougaloo College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Tougaloo
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 163 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Mississippi State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Alcorn State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi. Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. Jackson State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 14 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Jackson State
With a ranking of #6, University of Southern Mississippi did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 22 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Southern Miss
Mississippi University for Women ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Columbus, Mississippi, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mississippi University for Women Communication & Media Studies Report
William Carey University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi ranking, coming in at #8. William Carey University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full William Carey University Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, Blue Mountain College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. Blue Mountain, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Blue Mountain College Communication & Media Studies Report
Belhaven University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Belhaven University
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