Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Journalism Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 132 degrees in journalism annually.
The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Quinnipiac University if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hamden. This university ranks 5th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 76 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the journalism degree program at Quinnipiac University get $4,061 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student who is interested in journalism needs to check out University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program make about $24,026 for their early career.
It is difficult to beat Central Connecticut State University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. CCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of New Britain. This university ranks 14th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 14 journalism students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the journalism program make around $34,577 for their early 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).
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The journalism program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Journalism rankings. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
