2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Photojournalism is the 885th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photojournalism 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 photojournalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s photojournalism students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Photojournalism Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Photojournalism at George Washington University

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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