by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in radio and television. To top this list, a school must have a successful radio and television program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s TV students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #2 spot on the 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended TV Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 55 masters’s TV degrees to qualified students.
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