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Stanford University MA in Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism is a program of study at Stanford 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, 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 Stanford Cost?

Stanford Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Stanford paid an average of $1,207 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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	$54,315	$54,315
Fees	$696	$696

Does Stanford Offer an Online MA in Communication & Journalism?

Stanford 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 Stanford Online Learning page.

Stanford Master’s Student Diversity for Communication & Journalism

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 28 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 53.6% of the communication and journalism students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 72.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in communication and journalism at Stanford in 2019-2020, 35.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	14
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MA in Communication & Journalism Focus Areas at Stanford

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	28

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.