2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 121,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nevada, there were 481 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,550 and $24,678 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication and journalism degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at UNLV

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 15 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income $48-$75k)

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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