2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,310 people earned their degree in other journalism, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 507 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 410 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other journalism.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree other journalism students.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 380 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Columbia University in the City of New York Other Journalism Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Syracuse
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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 Carnegie Mellon University Other Journalism Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Baruch College is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Baruch
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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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