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2025 Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

3 Colleges in Arizona
254 Bachelor's Degrees
$37,612 Avg Early-Career Salary
a bachelor's degree in journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #46 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 254 bachelor's degrees in journalism to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Journalism School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona The journalism bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.

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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 Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Journalism in Arizona

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for journalism students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism

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158 Annual Graduates
$42,605 Median Starting Salary
$48,132 Median Student Debt

Arizona State University - Tempe is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.

Journalism bachelor's degree recipients from Arizona State University - Tempe earn a boost of approximately $4,993 over the typical earnings of journalism majors.

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69 Annual Graduates
$36,521 Median Starting Salary
$50,055 Median Student Debt

University of Arizona is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the journalism program state that they receive average early career earnings of $36,521.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from University of Arizona

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Northern Arizona University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in journalism. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program earn around $33,710 in the first couple years of their career.

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Best Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 245 800
Oklahoma 190 401
New Mexico 133 70

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One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Journalism Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Journalism 158
General Journalism 96

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 1,545
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 387
Public Relations & Advertising 223
Communication & Journalism (Other) 8

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