2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in District of Columbia
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General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 10,697 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across District of Columbia, there were 151 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in District of Columbia
The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree journalism students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in District of Columbia
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at American University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Full Georgetown General Journalism Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in District of Columbia. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 59 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full GWU General Journalism Report
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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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