by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Florida 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 Florida, there were 301 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general journalism.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 47 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Journalism at Full Sail University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Florida for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 0 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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