by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 10,697 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.
Across Mississippi, there were 115 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $23,796 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Rust College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi list. University of Mississippi is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 53 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #4 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 87%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Mississippi list. Belhaven is a small school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 0 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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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