by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Texas, there were 888 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,046 and $24,615 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s. The University of Texas at 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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read full report on Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. Baylor University is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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