2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across West Virginia, there were 235 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 9 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Journalism at WVU

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree 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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