2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Photojournalism is the 885th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in photojournalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photojournalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the photojournalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree photojournalism students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism (With Aid)

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 masters’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Photojournalism Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read more about Photojournalism at GWU

#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #2 spot on the list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s photojournalism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree photojournalism students with aid list, Syracuse has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Photojournalism Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Syracuse Photojournalism Report

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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