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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$34,800 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 11,380 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,291 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general journalism.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Journalism at University of North Texas

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus General Journalism Report

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 11 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Journalism at University of Arizona

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Journalism at UT Austin

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Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baylor University is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about General Journalism at Baylor University

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