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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism in Wisconsin

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$39,600 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Wisconsin for a Master's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Wisconsin, there were 326 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,550 and $24,458 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in journalism.

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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s”.

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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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