2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in Nevada

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Nevada, there were 127 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,300 and $21,620 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also cost less that 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 Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNR, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Journalism at UNR

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $30-$48k)

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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