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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 3,287 people earned their degree in other communication & media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,276 other communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 other communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other communication & media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other communication & media studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree other communication and media studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 more about Other Communication & Media Studies at UA
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Florida State Other Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Vanderbilt
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Communication and Media Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Other Communication & Media Studies Report
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- 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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