by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,518 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general journalism.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 18 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 13 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at Michigan State University
Ball State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Springfield did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Columbia College Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 34 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 28 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale General Journalism Report
Roosevelt University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Roosevelt is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Journalism at Roosevelt University
With a ranking of #9, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school awarded 123 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington General Journalism Report
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