2025 Best Publishing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
142Publishing Degrees Awarded
$39,057Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in publishing, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #299 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Publishing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 142 degrees in publishing annually.
The publishing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Publishing rankings. We derive our Best Overall Publishing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Publishing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Publishing in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the publishing degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in publishing. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 28 publishing students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Those publishing students who get their degree from New York University earn $9,576 more than the standard publishing grad.
George Washington University is a great option for students interested in a degree in publishing. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 48 publishing students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the publishing major at George Washington University get $19,762 more than the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Susquehanna University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in publishing. Located in the town of Selinsgrove, Susquehanna is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 19 publishing students who graduated with this degree at Susquehanna in the most recent year we have data available.
Pace University - New York is a great decision for students interested in a degree in publishing. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 20 publishing students who graduated with this degree at Pace University in the most recent data year. Those publishing students who get their degree from Pace University - New York make $2,755 more than the standard publishing grad.
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 publishing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Publishing rankings. We derive our Best Overall Publishing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
