2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Arkansas for a Master’s

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Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 66,787 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Arkansas, there were 477 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,783 and $25,059 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular communication and media studies programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Communications Major in Arkansas for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree communications students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Arkansas

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Arkansas for a Master’s list. UARK is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 10 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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 UARK

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

#4 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Arkansas for a Master’s list. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Communication & Media Studies at A-State

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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