Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #46 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Oklahoma to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 338 bachelor's degrees in journalism to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Journalism School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of journalism for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality journalism program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to journalism students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt journalism students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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.
The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Journalism in Oklahoma
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism.
Top Oklahoma Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in journalism has to take a look at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the suburb of Norman.
Journalism bachelor's degree recipients from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus get an earnings boost of around $4,760 over the typical earnings of journalism graduates.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public university with a very large student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the journalism program make around $31,068 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Central Oklahoma is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in journalism. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a large student population.
Soon after graduation, journalism bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $28,139 in their early careers.
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).