2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$15,109 Average Net Price

$37,360 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Oregon is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 144 ’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

UO also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $15,109 for Oregon Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Oregon.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oregon General Journalism Report

#2

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$27,021 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 $48-$75k list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified ’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Journalism Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend GFU is $27,021 for Oregon Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Journalism at George Fox University

• Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $48-$75k)

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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