2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Wisconsin

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Wisconsin, there were 354 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree journalism students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 13 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison 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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