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2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$28,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Publishing is the 303rd most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 185 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in publishing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent publishing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the publishing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (Income $0-$30k)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Victoria, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s publishing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UH Victoria also took the #7 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH Victoria are $15,466.

Full University of Houston - Victoria Publishing Report

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read more about Publishing at GWU

#3

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

Portland State University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Publishing at Portland State University

#4

New York University

New York, New York

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #4 spot on the list. New York University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 28 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Read full report on Publishing at New York University

#5

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rosemont College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Rosemont is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree publishing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Rosemont has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rosemont are $13,460, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Publishing at Rosemont

#6

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

Pace University - New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

Pace University also made our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University - New York are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Publishing at Pace University

#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Drexel University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Drexel is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074.

Read more about Publishing at Drexel University

#8

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

Emerson College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Emerson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Emerson Publishing Report

Notes and References

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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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