by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana” ranking.
Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Louisiana, there were 1,031 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,326 and $28,049 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in communication and journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication and journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Louisiana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 17 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication and journalism students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Louisiana at Monroe Communication & Journalism Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Louisiana University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana list. Southeastern Louisiana University is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 7 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Southeastern
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Louisiana State University Communication & Journalism Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Louisiana Tech
Grambling State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication & Journalism Major in Louisiana ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Grambling, Louisiana, and it awarded 39 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
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