by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 181 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,136 and $27,139 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 8 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky journalism students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 65 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky list. Highland Heights, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s journalism degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 36 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Kentucky State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Frankfort, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s journalism degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky list. Located in Wilmore, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Murray State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky list. Murray State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Murray, Kentucky. It awarded 6 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Campbellsville University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky ranking. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Campbellsville, Kentucky. It awarded 2 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Kentucky list. Eastern is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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