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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 122 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 $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also cost less that 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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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

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

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 13 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090.

Full Quinnipiac 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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