2023 Most Focused Colleges for Other Journalism in the New England Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 50 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The other journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region”.
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Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Other Journalism in the New England Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 3 ’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Fairfield University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 ’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 Boston University Other 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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