2023 Most Well Attended Communications Major in Nebraska for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 156 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,716 and $33,175 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,838 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communication and media studies.

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Most Well Attended Communications Major in Nebraska for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree communications students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Nebraska

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University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

#5 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Nebraska for a Master’s. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 8 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Communication & Media Studies Report

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 overall quality in Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Major in Nebraska for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UNL Communication & Media Studies Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Plains States Region
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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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