2025 Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Ohio

a master's degree in journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #102 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 master's degrees in journalism during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to journalism students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of journalism students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt journalism students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for journalism students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Journalism Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Journalism in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in journalism.

Top Ohio Schools for a Master's in Journalism

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

14 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in journalism. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in journalism from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

18 Annual Graduates

$56,011 Median Starting Salary

Kent State University at Kent is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in journalism. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the journalism program make an average of $56,011 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in journalism from Kent State University at Kent

Best Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	32
Michigan	211	8
Indiana	191	7
Wisconsin	173	13

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Journalism Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Journalism Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	32

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	75
Public Relations & Advertising	40
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer. More about our data sources and methodologies.