2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

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General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 259 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Temple also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Journalism at Temple

#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$17,748 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #2 spot on the list. Point Park is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park University are $17,748.

Read more about General Journalism at Point Park

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (With Aid)

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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