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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,738 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,835 and $21,613 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 14 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arizona Journalism Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 29 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Journalism at ASU - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 21 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #5 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Journalism at University of North Texas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Journalism at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

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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