Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #102 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 33 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 1,525 master's degrees in journalism to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Journalism School for Your Master's Degree
The journalism master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for journalism to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for journalism students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in journalism. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.
Soon after graduating, journalism master's recipients typically make about $49,625 in the first five years of their career.
Syracuse University is a good choice for students interested in a master's degree in journalism. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.
Soon after graduation, journalism master's recipients generally earn about $41,856 in the first five years of their career.
Boston University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in journalism. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.
Master's recipients from the journalism major at Boston University earn $7,727 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence.
Master's recipients from the journalism program at University of Kansas make $14,320 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Mizzou is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia.
Journalism master's degree recipients from University of Missouri - Columbia receive an earnings boost of approximately $4,109 above the typical income of journalism graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The journalism master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
