2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Plains States Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
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 “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general journalism.
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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s journalism degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s journalism degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa 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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