by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Mississippi, there were 125 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,668 and $27,727 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
That schools that top this list have a program in journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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