2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York

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 New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 647 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in New York

#1

St. Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure, New York

#1 in overall quality

$14,850 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Bonaventure University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Bonaventure, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

St. Bonaventure did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Bonaventure University are $14,850, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Journalism at St. Bonaventure

#2

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

#2 in overall quality

$27,172 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Hofstra is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hempstead, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hofstra University are $27,172, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hofstra University 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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