by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 10,697 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Maine, there were 14 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,251 and $23,910 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. That schools that top this list have a program in general journalism in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Maine”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Maine list. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Husson University is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 4 bachelors’s journalism degrees 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%.
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