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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Virginia, there were 172 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

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

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

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent also made our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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