2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 1,349 people earned their degree in communication & journalism (other), making the major the 229th most popular in the United States. In , communication & journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $37,286 and had an average of $28,749 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 534 communication & journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,859 and $25,640 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 338 communication & journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication & journalism (other). The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication & journalism (other) program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other communications students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Southeast Region

1

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Norfolk State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norfolk State University is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Communication & Journalism (Other) at Norfolk State

2

High Point University
High Point, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region. High Point, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other communications degrees to 316 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism (Other) at High Point University

3

Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, Mississippi. It awarded 7 masters’s other communications degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism (Other) at MC

4

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 8 masters’s other communications degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Full UA Little Rock Communication & Journalism (Other) Report

5

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

$41,885 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in the Southeast Region. GaSou is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism (Other) at GaSou

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.