by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Publishing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Publishing is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at George Washington University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in publishing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at GWU was $1,765 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,770 | $31,770 |
| Fees | $54 | $54 |
The median early career salary of publishing students who receive their master’s degree from GWU is $52,733 per year. That is 21% higher than the national average of $43,650.
GWU does not offer an online option for its publishing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GWU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 92.1% of the publishing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 90.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in publishing at GWU in 2019-2020, 26.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 25 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Publishing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Publishing | 38 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to publishing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 7 |
| Journalism | 5 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 62 |
*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.
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