2025 Best Journalism Schools in Wisconsin
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Colleges in Wisconsin
307
Journalism Degrees Awarded
$36,123
Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in
journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #69 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Journalism Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 307 degrees in journalism to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Journalism School
Your choice of journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Journalism School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Journalism Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Journalism in Wisconsin
The schools below may not offer all types of journalism degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Wisconsin Schools in Journalism
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 200 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Those journalism students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison make $4,819 more than the average journalism student.
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Marquette University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #114 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were about 25 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available. Journalism degree recipients from Marquette University earn a boost of around $2,577 over the average earnings of journalism majors.
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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. UW - Whitewater is a large public university located in the distant town of Whitewater. This university ranks 10th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 45 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW - Whitewater in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program state that they receive average early career wages of $36,139.
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It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 16 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW - Eau Claire in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
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Most Popular In WI
Located in the city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 15 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW Oshkosh in the most recent data year.
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