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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Arts & Media Management is the 136th most popular major in the country with 4,788 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,900 and had an average of $25,520 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 57 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,715 and $27,000 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 22 ’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The American University is $21,108 for District of Columbia Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at American University
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 35 ’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard University is $39,395 for district of columbia media management students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Howard
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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
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.
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