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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master's in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 131 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,900 and $24,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. Hamden, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090.

Read full report on Journalism at Quinnipiac University

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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