Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Journalism Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 25 degrees in journalism to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Journalism Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.
University of Rhode Island is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, journalism degree recipients usually earn an average of $25,772 at the beginning of their careers.
It's difficult to beat Roger Williams University if you want to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Degree recipients from the journalism major at Roger Williams University make $2,220 above the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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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