2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 1,349 people earned their degree in other communication, journalism, & related programs, making the major the 404th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 18 other communication, journalism, & related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 other communication, journalism, & related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other communication, journalism, & related programs. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other communication, journalism, & related programs.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree other communication, journalism, and related programs students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs in the Southwest Region

1

Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region list. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Alva, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full NWOSU Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Report

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Northern Arizona University Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Report

3

University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs students in 2021-2022.

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%.

Read more about Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs at University of St. Thomas

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.