2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 13,552 people earned their degree in journalism, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.

Across Utah, there were 125 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,374 and $14,273 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah associate degree journalism students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Journalism in Utah

1

Snow College
Ephraim, Utah

#11 overall quality in Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah list. This medium-sized school is located in Ephraim, Utah, and it awarded 2 associates’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Snow College Journalism Report

2

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, Utah

#8 overall quality in Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Journalism Major in Utah list. Salt Lake Community College is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 6 associates’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Journalism at Salt Lake Community College

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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

• *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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