2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Journalism is the 415th most popular major in the country with 1,134 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 262 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 165 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other journalism. To top this list, a school must have a successful other journalism program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree other journalism students.
Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 133 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 32 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Syracuse University
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baruch College landed the #3 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Baruch Other Journalism Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Carnegie Mellon
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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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