If you pursue a degree in general journalism, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #69 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 107 degrees in general journalism to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Journalism Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the journalism degrees they offer, see the list below.
Samford University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general journalism. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Birmingham. This university ranks 4th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 52 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Samford in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Auburn University if you want to pursue a degree in general journalism. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 39 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Troy University if you wish to pursue a degree in general journalism. Located in the remote town of Troy, TROY is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 10 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at TROY in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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