2023 Best Value Colleges for Journalism in Utah (With Aid)
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Ranked Colleges
125
Degrees Awarded
$13,400
Avg Net Price*
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 in Utah For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 13,552 people earned their degree in journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 125 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,374 and $14,273 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools in Utah For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 in Utah For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Value Journalism Schools in Utah For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools in Utah For Those Getting Aid.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Journalism in Utah (With Aid)
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools in Utah For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 64 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Journalism Schools in Utah” list. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,474 for Utah Journalism students with aid.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Journalism at BYU
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools in Utah For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 52 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Journalism Schools in Utah” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,257 for Utah Journalism students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Journalism at Utah State University
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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
- *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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