2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism
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Ranked Colleges
35
Degrees Awarded
$45,400
Avg Cost*
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Photojournalism is the 883rd most popular major in the country with 144 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in photojournalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their photojournalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree photojournalism students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #1 spot on the list. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Syracuse Photojournalism Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 10 masters’s photojournalism degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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