2025 Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 72 bachelor's degrees in journalism to qualified students.

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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - How many other journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Journalism Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Journalism in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

37 Annual Graduates

$35,389 Median Starting Salary

$74,388 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in journalism has to check out University of Mississippi. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Journalism bachelor's degree recipients from University of Mississippi get an earnings boost of around $5,403 above the average income of journalism majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

21 Annual Graduates

$29,591 Median Starting Salary

University of Southern Mississippi is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in journalism. Southern Miss is a large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the journalism program state that they receive average early career income of $29,591.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	273
Georgia	224	621
Tennessee	220	290
North Carolina	213	133
Virginia	213	128
South Carolina	195	89
Kentucky	187	181
Alabama	184	216
Louisiana	171	54
Arkansas	167	245
West Virginia	147	204

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Journalism Related Rankings by Major

Journalism is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Journalism Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	59
Broadcast Journalism	13

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	295
Communication & Media Studies	250
Public Relations & Advertising	40
Communication & Journalism (Other)	6

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.