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2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master's

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 “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,758 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,691 and $23,007 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. To top this list, a school must have a successful journalism program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full ASU - Tempe Journalism Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 25 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Journalism at UNT

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 16 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Journalism at University of Oklahoma

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 11 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Journalism Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin

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Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Journalism at Baylor University

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