2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,005 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across District of Columbia, there were 121 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in District of Columbia

1

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 65 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full American University Communication & Media Studies Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 0 masters’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at GWU

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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