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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,005 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,017 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 167 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in communication & media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication & media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 UIW
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 58 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. 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 more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Tech
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s media studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 SFASU
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s media studies students 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 35 masters’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Arizona State University - Skysong
Texas State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 17 masters’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas State Communication & Media Studies Report
University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UH
With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at ASU - Tempe
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Tarleton State University
University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arizona Communication & Media Studies Report
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