2024 Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

a master's degree in journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #102 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for journalism students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 master's degrees in journalism during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on journalism students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for journalism to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for journalism students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Kansas.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Journalism in Kansas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in journalism.

Top Kansas Schools for a Master's in Journalism

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

20 Annual Graduates

University of Kansas is a good choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in journalism. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence.More information about a master’s in journalism from University of Kansas

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

4 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in journalism has to check out Kansas State University. K -State is a large public university located in the city of Manhattan.More information about a master’s in journalism from Kansas State University

Best Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	52
Minnesota	174	0
Iowa	154	38
Nebraska	123	27
South Dakota	89	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism

Journalism is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Journalism Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	24

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	37
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	16
Public Relations & Advertising	11

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer. More about our data sources and methodologies.