2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,528 people earned their degree in journalism, making the major the 62nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 214 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,333 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the journalism 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,007 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 21 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Morgan State University is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Journalism at Morgan State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k)

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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