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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 336 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 299th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,066 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in publishing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in publishing.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 46 degrees to qualified masters’s publishing students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rosemont College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major list. Rosemont is located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s publishing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #3 spot on the list. Pace University is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 38 masters’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 masters’s publishing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Publishing at George Washington University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 27 masters’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
University of Houston - Victoria ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major list. University of Houston - Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Publishing at University of Houston - Victoria
New York University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major ranking. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 29 masters’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
Drexel University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Publishing Major ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s publishing students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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