2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major
18
Ranked Colleges
584
Degrees Awarded
$32,500
Avg Cost*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 1,310 people earned their degree in other journalism, making the major the 415th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 584 other journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in other journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major”.
Top 18 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Journalism
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 380 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 masters’s other journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Syracuse
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 masters’s other journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full University of Georgia Other Journalism Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 50 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Other Journalism at ASU - Tempe
With a ranking of #6, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 27 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at The University of Alabama
With a ranking of #7, Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Other Journalism at MIT
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 masters’s other journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Other Journalism at USF Tampa
With a ranking of #9, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. San Juan, Puerto Rico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at UPR Rio Piedras
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking, coming in at #10. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State Other Journalism Report
With a ranking of #11, Boston University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Boston University
With a ranking of #12, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other journalism degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UMN Twin Cities Other Journalism Report
University of Colorado Boulder landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s other journalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full University of Colorado Boulder Other Journalism Report
Baruch College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Other Journalism at Baruch
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Other Journalism at SIUC
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking, coming in at #12. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 0 masters’s other journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Journalism at Bob Jones University
Carnegie Mellon University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major list. Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at Carnegie Mellon University
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Journalism Major ranking. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s other journalism students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Journalism at University of Akron Main Campus
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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