2023 Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 11,380 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 10 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. To top this list, a school must have a successful general journalism program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine journalism students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for General Journalism in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

$40,242 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,875 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 9 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Journalism at UMaine

2

Husson University
Bangor, Maine

#8 overall quality in Maine

$48,847 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,879 Average Student Debt

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 list. Husson University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 1 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Journalism at Husson

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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