by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 12,911 people earned their degree in journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In , journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $32,980 and had an average of $23,933 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,605 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,691 and $21,664 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 109 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree journalism students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 19 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 50 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2021-2022.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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