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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,788 people earned their degree in arts & media management, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, arts & 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 Connecticut, there were 61 arts & media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,825 and $27,000 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts & media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts & media management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the arts & media management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut.
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 11 ’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $22,974 for Connecticut Media Management students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Connecticut Arts & Media Management Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Hartford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 13 ’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend UHart is $28,712 for Connecticut Media Management students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Hartford
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s media management degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Yale also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Yale is $15,296 for Connecticut Media Management students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Yale
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Value Media Management Schools in Connecticut list. University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Haven also took the #4 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $35,735 for connecticut media management students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full University of New Haven Arts & Media Management Report
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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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