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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 5,479 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 230 film/cinema/media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 film/cinema/media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film/cinema/media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in film/cinema/media studies.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree film studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Iowa
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s film studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Kansas
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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%.
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- *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.
