2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Washington
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Journalism Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 10,697 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Washington, there were 163 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,970 and $20,602 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general journalism.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington”.
Top 8 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Washington
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Washington University is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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 full report on General Journalism at Western Washington University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whitworth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. Whitworth is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 1 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at Whitworth
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, 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 92%.
Read full report on General Journalism at Gonzaga University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 34 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at Washington State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
Read more about General Journalism at UW Seattle
Central Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington ranking. Central Washington University is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’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%.
Read full report on General Journalism at Central Washington University
Eastern Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. Eastern Washington University is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 General Journalism at Eastern Washington University
With a ranking of #8, Seattle University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at Seattle University
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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
- *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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