2024 Best Journalism Schools in South Carolina

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Journalism Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 degrees in journalism during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Journalism Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Journalism Schools in South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Journalism in South Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of journalism degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Carolina Schools in Journalism

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Journalism Degrees Awarded

$30,181 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program state that they receive average early career earnings of $30,181.

More information about a degree in journalism from University of South Carolina - Columbia

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North Greenville University
Tigerville, SC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$28,713 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat North Greenville University if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the rural area of Tigerville, North Greenville is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who receive their degree from the journalism program make around $28,713 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a degree in journalism from North Greenville University

Best Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism

Journalism is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

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Notes and References

• 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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