2024 Best General Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
2Colleges in Pennsylvania
16Master's Degrees
a master's degree in general journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #179 out of 1172 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 reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 16 master's degrees in general journalism to qualified students.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general journalism related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general journalism students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Journalism in Pennsylvania
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general journalism.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Journalism
General Journalism is one of 6 different types of Journalism programs to choose from.
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).