2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,380 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,481 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 General Journalism at University of Missouri - Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Journalism at University of Iowa
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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
- *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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