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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

5 Ranked Colleges
156 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Virginia, there were 172 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 156 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia”.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Virginia

#1

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Radford University is located in Radford, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Radford also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $16,447 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend Radford University.

Full Radford University General Journalism Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia bachelor’s degree journalism students list, Liberty University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for virginia bachelor’s degree journalism students per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about General Journalism at Liberty University

#3

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Hampton University is located in Hampton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Hampton also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $31,307 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend Hampton.

Read more about General Journalism at Hampton

#4

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Located in University of Richmond, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Richmond is $25,838 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Richmond General Journalism Report

#5

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington and Lee University landed the #5 spot on the list. Washington and Lee is a small school located in Lexington, Virginia that handed out 7 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washington and Lee, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Washington and Lee University is $22,615 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, 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 97%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Washington and Lee General Journalism Report

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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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