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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania” ranking.
Communication & Journalism (Other) is the 229th most popular major in the country with 1,128 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,960 and had an average of $23,774 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 116 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,695 and $23,406 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and journalism (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and journalism (other).
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Thiel College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greenville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keystone College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania. Keystone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Plume, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Immaculata University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania. Immaculata, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other communications degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Read more about Communication & Journalism (Other) at Immaculata
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, DeSales University landed the #4 spot on the list. DeSales University is a small school located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 bachelors’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carlow University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communications students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #6, Chestnut Hill College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communications students in 2020-2021.
Drexel University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania list. Drexel University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Marywood University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communications students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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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