Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 231 degrees in journalism to qualified students.
The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Journalism Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in journalism has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, journalism degree recipients usually earn an average of $33,250 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in journalism has to take a look at Gonzaga University. Gonzaga is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Spokane. This university ranks 4th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 17 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the journalism program earn around $36,767 in the first couple years of working.
It is difficult to beat Western Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 68 journalism students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program report average early career income of $34,119.
It is difficult to beat Washington State University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the town of Pullman. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were roughly 81 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, journalism degree recipients generally make around $36,273 in the first five years of their career.
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).
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The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
