General Journalism is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #69 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Journalism Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 220 degrees in general journalism annually.
Your choice of general journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Journalism School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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 General Journalism Schools in Michigan 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.
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general journalism. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 106 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
Central Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general journalism. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Oakland University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general journalism. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 23 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
Wayne State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general journalism. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 29 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of general journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Journalism School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
