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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 189 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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

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

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. University of Maryland - College Park is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMCP 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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