2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region
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With 66,787 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 3,903 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,647 and $26,809 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree communications students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 8 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 35 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Brown
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communications Major in the New England Region list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communications degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Full UMaine 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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