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Brown University MA in Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism is a program of study at Brown University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in communication and journalism, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Communication & Journalism from Brown Cost?

Brown Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Brown paid an average of $1,851 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$59,254	$59,254
Fees	$1,109	$1,109

Does Brown Offer an Online MA in Communication & Journalism?

Brown does not offer an online option for its communication and journalism master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brown Online Learning page.

Brown Master’s Student Diversity for Communication & Journalism

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 5 students received their master’s degree in communication and journalism. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 80.0% of the communication and journalism students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 72.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 20.0% of communication and journalism master’s degree recipients at Brown in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MA in Communication & Journalism Focus Areas at Brown

Communication & Journalism students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	5

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.