by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Minnesota, there were 928 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,136 and $28,086 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful communication and media studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 21 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 St. Cloud State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Bethel University Minnesota
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