by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 10,697 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,450 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree journalism students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 21 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 13 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 16 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison General Journalism Report
Michigan State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 12 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Columbia College Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 20 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 15 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale General Journalism Report
Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 121 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Roosevelt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northwestern University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
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