2024 Best General Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
97Master's Degrees
General Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #179 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 master's degrees in general journalism during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Journalism School for Your Master's Degree
The journalism master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general journalism related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general journalism students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Journalism in Massachusetts
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general journalism.
Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Journalism
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).