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 “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 10 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general journalism.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 9 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 1 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
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