2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,134 people earned their degree in other journalism, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 275 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 230 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree other journalism students.
Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 191 bachelors’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Arizona State University - Tempe
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other journalism students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other journalism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Abilene Christian
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other journalism students in 2020-2021.
Full Our Lady of the Lake University Other 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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