2023 Most Popular Colleges for Other Journalism in the Middle Atlantic 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 “Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 9 Most Popular 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 list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 133 ’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Columbia
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 ’s other journalism degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Syracuse
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The King’s College landed the #3 spot on the list. The King’s College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 9 ’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read more about Other Journalism at The King’s College
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 ’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Marywood Other Journalism Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hofstra University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Hempstead, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s other journalism degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Hofstra University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 ’s other journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Westminster New Wilmington Other Journalism Report
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s other journalism students in 2020-2021.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Other Journalism Report
Baruch College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Baruch is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees 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%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Baruch
Wilson College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full Wilson 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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