by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,559 people earned their degree in radio and television, making the major the 131st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,268 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in radio and television. That schools that top this list have a program in radio and television in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region. Western Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 5 masters’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Radio & Television at Western Illinois University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ball State is a large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 4 masters’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 55 masters’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 76 masters’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Radio & Television at Northwestern University
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