by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 13,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Oregon, there were 155 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,633 and $21,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 137 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bushnell University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon. Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Oregon. GFU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newberg, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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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