2021 Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia
2Colleges
152Bachelor's Degrees
$29,245Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 152 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, journalism is the #80 most popular major in Virginia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.4% of all the journalism bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality journalism programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the journalism program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying journalism.
Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Radford University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Virginia that are best for non-traditional journalism students. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford. Radford not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Journalism in Virginia list.
The student loan default rate at Radford is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,017 students at Radford that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,252 part time students in attendance at Radford.
Hampton University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Hampton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Hampton. Hampton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Journalism in Virginia list.
About 3.8% of Hampton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 239 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 schools only.
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 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).
With 152 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, journalism is the #80 most popular major in Virginia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.4% of all the journalism bachelor's degrees in the country.
