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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 “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 317 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,893 and $21,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular arts and media management programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 21 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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 full report on Arts & Media Management at Southern Methodist University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Full UH Arts & Media Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Media Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 4 masters’s media management degrees 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 full report on Arts & Media Management at Arizona State University - Tempe
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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