2023 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 37 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism (other). The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication and journalism (other) program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region other communications students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Southwest Region

1

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, Oklahoma

$38,757 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,314 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Alva, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full NWOSU Communication & Journalism (Other) Report

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

$43,197 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,197 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full NAU Communication & Journalism (Other) Report

3

University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

$48,614 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,103 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #3 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s other communications degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 UST

3

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

$46,654 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,917 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s other communications students 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.

Full University of Arizona Communication & Journalism (Other) Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.