2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 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.

Read full report on Journalism at Temple University

#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$17,748 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park are $17,748.

Read full report on Journalism at Point Park

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k)

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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