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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 North Dakota, there were 154 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,353 and $24,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,116 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communication and media studies.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 3 doctorate’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of North Dakota
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Communications Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s communications degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at North Dakota State University
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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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