by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Journalism is a concentration offered under the journalism major at The University of Montana. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in journalism, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UM paid an average of $1,160 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $262 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,076 | $21,224 |
| Fees | $1,964 | $2,018 |
UM does not offer an online option for its journalism master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UM Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the journalism students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 68.0%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in journalism at UM in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
| 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 | 2 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.