by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Radio & Television is the 131st most popular major in the country with 6,684 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Illinois, there were 408 radio & television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 radio & television graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,827 and $47,424 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in radio & television. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in radio & television.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s tv degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Radio & Television at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on TV Major in Illinois list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 68 diplomas to qualified masters’s tv students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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