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Columbia University in the City of New York MA in Journalism

251 Master's Degrees Awarded
$46,833 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is Other Journalism. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Journalism is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in journalism, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia Cost?

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

Columbia Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Columbia was $1,974 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $49,024 $49,024
Fees $2,170 $2,170

How Much Can You Make With a MA in Journalism From Columbia?

$46,833 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

journalism who receive their master’s degree from Columbia make an average of $46,833 a year during the early days of their career. That is 14% higher than the national average of $41,022.

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Does Columbia Offer an Online MA in Journalism?

Online degrees for the Columbia journalism master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.

Columbia Master’s Student Diversity for Journalism

251 Master's Degrees Awarded
69.3% Women
27.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 251 students received their master’s degree in journalism. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in journalism in 2019-2020, 69.3% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 69.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 27.1% of journalism master’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 29%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 25
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 103
International Students 72
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

MA in Journalism Focus Areas at Columbia

Journalism students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Other Journalism 251

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to journalism.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 87
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 18

View All Journalism Related Majors >

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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