2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, there were 296 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,450 and $26,267 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Temple Journalism Report

#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$17,748 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Point Park also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park University are $17,748, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• 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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