2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Nevada

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communication & Journalism Major in Nevada” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 120,571 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,266 and had an average of $24,758 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nevada, there were 523 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,592 and $28,919 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,876 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Nevada” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Nevada

The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada master’s degree communication & journalism students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Nevada

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University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, Nevada

#2 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Nevada list. University of Nevada - Reno is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full University of Nevada - Reno Communication & Journalism Report

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Nevada list. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 11 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at UNLV

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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

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