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.
Choosing a Great Journalism School for Your Bachelor's Degree
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:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of journalism students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for journalism to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.
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.
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.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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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
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.
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.
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.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).