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2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$28,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master's For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in publishing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great publishing programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (Income $48-$75k)

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 38 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Victoria landed the #2 spot on the list. UH Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

UH Victoria not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Victoria are $15,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 15 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Publishing at Portland State University

#4

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rosemont College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 9 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Rosemont not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rosemont College are $13,460, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

New York University

New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Publishing at New York University

#6

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

Pace University - New York landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s publishing degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pace University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University - New York are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

Emerson College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s publishing degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emerson, the school also landed the #2 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 Emerson are $31,754.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Drexel University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k 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.

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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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