2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,879 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s journalism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k list, OHIO Athens has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

Read full report on General Journalism at Ohio University - Athens Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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