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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,005 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,047 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,644 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 49 colleges that offered a degree in communication & media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication & media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Five Towns College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Five Towns College is a small school located in Dix Hills, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Five Towns College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Muhlenberg College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Muhlenberg is a small school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania that handed out 57 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Muhlenberg
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIM College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. LIM College is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full LIM College Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 49 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges landed the #4 spot on the list. Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a small school located in Geneva, New York that handed out 63 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at The Colleges
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 51 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Del State
With a ranking of #6, Iona College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Iona is a small school located in New Rochelle, New York that handed out 46 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Iona College
Ursinus College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Collegeville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 39 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Ursinus
Elizabethtown College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Etown
Washington College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #9. Washington College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chestertown, Maryland. It awarded 7 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Washington College Communication & Media Studies Report
SUNY Oneonta ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 SUNY Oneonta Communication & Media Studies Report
Marymount Manhattan College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Marymount Manhattan College
Pace University - New York ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pace University - New York is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 91 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Pace University - New York
Frostburg State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Frostburg State University
Hunter College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 164 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Hunter
Queens College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. QC is a fairly large public school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 94 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Communication & Media Studies at QC
Trinity Washington University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Trinity College is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Trinity Washington University
With a ranking of #18, Vassar College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Vassar College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. It awarded 29 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full Vassar Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #19, Medaille College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Medaille College is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Medaille Communication & Media Studies Report
University of Maryland - Baltimore County came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMBC Communication & Media Studies Report
Marist College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, 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.
Full Marist Communication & Media Studies Report
Lehman College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Lehman is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 57 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Lehman College
West Chester University of Pennsylvania came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. WCUPA is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 111 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
The New School landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. The New School is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full The New School Communication & Media Studies Report
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