by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina, there were 452 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,209 and $22,405 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 197 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular communication sciences programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree communication sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication Sciences at East Carolina University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified masters’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Carolina University is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication Sciences at Western Carolina University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. UNC Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 27 masters’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication sciences degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Communication Sciences Report
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