2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across Oregon, there were 147 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$13,108 Average Net Price

$37,360 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 144 ’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $13,108 for oregon journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Oregon.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Journalism at University of Oregon

#2

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,656 Average Net Price

$44,481 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 ’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Journalism Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $23,656 for Oregon Journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend George Fox University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full George Fox University General Journalism Report

• Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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