2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 131 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,900 and $24,833 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism 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 journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in Connecticut

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Quinnipiac, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac are $20,090.

Read full report on Journalism at Quinnipiac University

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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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