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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville MA in Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism is a program of study at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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 SIUE Cost?

SIUE Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at SIUE paid an average of $339 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,127	$7,127
Fees	$2,173	$2,173

Does SIUE Offer an Online MA in Communication & Journalism?

Online degrees for the SIUE communication and journalism master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SIUE Online Learning page.

SIUE Master’s Student Diversity for Communication & Journalism

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 12 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 75.0% 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

Of those students who received a master’s degree at SIUE in communication and journalism at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Communication & Journalism Focus Areas at SIUE

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	12

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.