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 “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication Sciences is the 47th most popular major in the country with 22,298 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,173 and had an average of $22,255 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 367 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,883 and $24,804 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 144 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful communication sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree communication sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Valdosta, Georgia, and it awarded 74 masters’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carrollton, Georgia, and it awarded 29 masters’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
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