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 looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Journalism Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 621 degrees in general journalism during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Georgia 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.
University of Georgia is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general journalism. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 126 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general journalism has to check out Georgia College & State University. Georgia College is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Milledgeville. This university ranks 16th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 75 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Georgia College in the most recent year we have data available.
Kennesaw State University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general journalism. KSU Georgia is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kennesaw. This university ranks 15th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 48 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgia State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in general journalism. Georgia State is a very large public university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #582 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 179 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent year we have data available.
GaSou is a fairly large public university located in the town of Statesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #586 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GaSou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.
University of West Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the town of Carrollton. This university ranks 30th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 117 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at University of West Georgia in the most recent data year.
Savannah State University is a small public university located in the midsize city of Savannah. This university ranks 67th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 42 general journalism students who graduated with this degree at Savannah State University in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of general journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
