2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking.

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

Across Arkansas, there were 252 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

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

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

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. UARK is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 5 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UARK General Journalism Report

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Journalism at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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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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