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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 18,286 people earned their degree in radio, television & digital communication, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. In , radio, television & digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,314 and had an average of $24,177 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 3,212 radio, television & digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,076 and $22,901 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 316 radio, television & digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in radio, television & digital communication. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their radio, television & digital communication program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend International Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Institute of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valencia, California. It awarded 6 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region. Academy of Art University is a private for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 94 diplomas to qualified masters’s digital communication students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s digital communication degrees to 53 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
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University of Southern California landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 56 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 0.5% 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%.
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University of Oregon landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 9 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
San Francisco State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. San Francisco State University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, Pepperdine University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pepperdine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Malibu, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Pepperdine Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report
University of California - Santa Barbara ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large school located in Santa Barbara, California that handed out 2 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #11, California State University - East Bay did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - East Bay is located in Hayward, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of California - Davis landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UC Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UC Davis Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report
San Diego State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 84 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at San Diego State University
With a ranking of #13, National University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Digital Communication Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Diego, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s digital communication students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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