by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Pennsylvania” ranking.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 560 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,444 and $25,737 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree journalism students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Pennsylvania list. Point Park University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Pennsylvania. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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