by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Louisiana, there were 815 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,362 and $28,236 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree communications students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UL Lafayette
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana. ULM is a public institution located in Monroe, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Louisiana at Monroe
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 19 masters’s communications degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 2 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Louisiana Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grambling State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Louisiana. Grambling, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Full Grambling State University Communication & Media Studies Report
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