2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Arizona, there were 126 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Journalism in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 98 ’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best General Journalism Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Journalism students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Arizona

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

$40,689 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Arizona Journalism students with aid.

Read full report on General Journalism at NAU

• Best Value Colleges for General Journalism in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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