If you plan on majoring in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #69 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Journalism Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 210 degrees in journalism to qualified students.
The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Journalism Schools in Maryland.
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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 journalism degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in journalism needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.
Journalism degree recipients from University of Maryland - College Park get an earnings boost of about $5,606 over the typical earnings of journalism majors.
It is hard to beat Morgan State University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore.
Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program report average early career income of $27,105.
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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