2023 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Journalism (Other) is the 229th most popular major in the country with 1,349 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 District of Columbia, there were 122 communication & journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,756 and $26,000 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication & journalism (other). That schools that top this list have a program in communication & journalism (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia other communications students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Other) in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

$69,091 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 116 degrees to qualified ’s other communications students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Full Howard Communication & Journalism (Other) Report

2

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,575 Average Early-Career Earnings

$39,485 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Communications Major in District of Columbia. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 ’s other communications degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Journalism (Other) at American University

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.