2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

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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 California, there were 1,662 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,881 and $22,408 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree journalism students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,319 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USC Journalism Report

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,600 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #2 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 15 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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