by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 11,380 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 141 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in general journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia bachelor’s degree journalism students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Patrick Henry College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia list. Located in Purcellville, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia list. Located in Hampton, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia. Radford, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Richmond. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia. University of Richmond is a private not-for-profit institution located in University of Richmond, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington and Lee University landed the #5 spot on the list. Lexington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
Averett University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia list. Located in Danville, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
Liberty University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
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Regent University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia ranking. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
Norfolk State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Virginia ranking. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
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