2025 Best General Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
2Colleges in Pennsylvania
294Bachelor's Degrees
Ranked #42 in popularity, general journalism is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general journalism. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 294 bachelor's degrees in general journalism during the 2022-2023 academic year.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general journalism students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general journalism related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 General Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Journalism in Pennsylvania
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general journalism.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism
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).