2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southeast Region
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General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,607 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,437 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 58 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Central Arkansas is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UCA is $15,376 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
Read more about General Journalism at University of Central Arkansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 130 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Out of the 58 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #3 spot on the list. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 33 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
GaSou also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #23. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
Out of the 58 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #4 spot on the list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 49 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF also took the #14 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 58 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Memphis is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend UofM is $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
Read full report on General Journalism at University of Memphis
University of Southern Mississippi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Southern Miss is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
Harding University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students per year to attend Harding.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
With a ranking of #8, University of West Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of West Georgia is a public institution located in Carrollton, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,124 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend University of West Georgia.
West Virginia University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 180 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students per year to attend West Virginia University.
Appalachian State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Appalachian State is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Appalachian State also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #22. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Journalism at Appalachian State University
Kennesaw State University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students per year to attend KSU Georgia.
Read more about General Journalism at Kennesaw State University
University of Arkansas landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 124 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
UARK also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #13, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 159 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students list, UGA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Mississippi landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ole Miss is $14,016 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Northern Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. NKU is a fairly large public school situated in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It awarded 12 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for NKU is $9,049 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
Henderson State University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Henderson State University is $10,270 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
With a ranking of #17, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida A&M University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students per year to attend Florida A&M University.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about General Journalism at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Georgia College & State University landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Milledgeville, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia College is $19,691 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Journalism at Georgia College & State University
Savannah State University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Savannah State University is a public institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Savannah State University is $10,220 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
Read full report on General Journalism at Savannah State University
Radford University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Radford, Virginia, this fairly large public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Radford is $16,447 for southeast region bachelor’s degree journalism students.
With a ranking of #21, Arkansas Tech University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Russellville, Arkansas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
Union University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Union University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jackson, Tennessee. It awarded 6 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $28,249 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend Union.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #23, Flagler College - St Augustine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Saint Augustine, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $23,237 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend Flagler St. Augustine.
With a ranking of #23, Rust College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Rust College is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Rust College is $11,317 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #25, Liberty University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 27 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $28,903 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend Liberty University.
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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%.
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