2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Nevada

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 121,387 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and journalism programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Nevada

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Nevada list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication and journalism degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Communication & Journalism at University of Nevada - Reno

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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.

Credits

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