by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Alabama, there were 1,832 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,373 and $24,201 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 203 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and journalism.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Troy University landed the #1 spot on the list. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication and journalism degrees to 62 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama. University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama A & M University landed the #3 spot on the list. Alabama A & M University is located in Normal, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 81 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Alabama in Huntsville is a public institution located in Huntsville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Auburn University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama ranking. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 7 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 2 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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