by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Radio & Television is the 131st most popular major in the country with 6,559 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 527 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Illinois” 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 Illinois”.
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 Illinois. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 5 masters’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified masters’s TV students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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