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

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 Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree journalism students with aid.

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

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Memphis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (With Aid)

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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