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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master's in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Tennessee, there were 296 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,900 and $22,800 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Journalism at University of Memphis

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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