by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,788 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 1,933 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,345 and $24,582 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 348 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. To top this list, a school must have a successful arts and media management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Located in Winter Park, Florida, this large private for-profit school awarded 194 degrees to qualified masters’s media management students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Full Sail University
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 34 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Arts & Media Management at Savannah College of Art and Design
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s media management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s media management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Winthrop University landed the #5 spot on the list. Winthrop University is a medium-sized school located in Rock Hill, South Carolina that handed out 20 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Florida State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. West Virginia University is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Orleans did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 5 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Arts & Media Management at University of New Orleans
Shenandoah University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Winchester, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s media management 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Florida Atlantic University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 10 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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