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School of Visual Arts MA in Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism is a program of study at School of Visual Arts. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in communication and journalism, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 SVA Cost?

SVA Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at SVA paid an average of $1,620 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	$48,600	$48,600

Does SVA Offer an Online MA in Communication & Journalism?

SVA 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 SVA Online Learning page.

SVA Master’s Student Diversity for Communication & Journalism

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 27 master’s degrees in communication and journalism handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 81.5% 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

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in communication and journalism at SVA in 2019-2020, 18.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	7
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MA in Communication & Journalism Focus Areas at SVA

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising	27

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.