2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 2,285 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 138 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 12 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southeast Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #1 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 46 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Journalism at Full Sail University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 4 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #3 spot on the list. Regent University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 12 masters’s journalism 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 more about General Journalism at Regent
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 17 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at UofM
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Journalism at UofSC
University of Miami landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Journalism at University of Miami
With a ranking of #7, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about General Journalism at UARK
West Virginia University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 14 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full West Virginia University General Journalism Report
University of Mississippi landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Journalism at Ole Miss
With a ranking of #10, Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s 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%.
Full A-State General Journalism Report
Marshall University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Marshall University is a public institution located in Huntington, West Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Marshall University General Journalism Report
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Full USF Tampa General Journalism Report
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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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