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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 154 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

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

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

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ole Miss are $25,099, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Journalism at Ole Miss

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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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