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 has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in West Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 13,552 people earned their degree in journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.
Across West Virginia, there were 211 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,505 and $24,584 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,789 and $17,466 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in journalism.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in West Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia associate degree journalism students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University at Parkersburg landed the #1 spot on the list. West Virginia University at Parkersburg is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Journalism at West Virginia University at Parkersburg
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Potomac State College of West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in West Virginia list. Keyser, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s journalism degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Journalism at Potomac State College of West Virginia University
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