Most Popular Journalism Schools in Iowa
Journalism draws students to programs nationwide. This ranking identifies the schools that graduate the most journalism students each year.
To build this ranking, College Factual compared yearly graduations across the 8 schools in Iowa offering journalism.
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Most Popular Schools for Journalism in Iowa
Below are the schools that graduate the most journalism students in Iowa.
Most Popular Journalism Schools
No school graduates more journalism students than University Of Iowa this year. Located in the city of Iowa City, University Of Iowa is a public university. University Of Iowa graduated around 102 journalism students in the most recent data year.
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Iowa State University ranks #2 for journalism by yearly graduations. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State University is a public university. Iowa State University graduated around 41 journalism students in the most recent data year.
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Drake University ranks #3 for journalism by yearly graduations. Set in the city of Des Moines, Drake University is a private not-for-profit institution. Drake University graduated around 13 journalism students in the most recent data year.
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Dordt College is one of the most popular journalism schools, landing the #4 spot this year. Set in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt College is a private not-for-profit institution. This school awarded about 2 journalism degrees in the most recent year.
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A rank of #5 makes Saint Ambrose University one of the most popular schools for journalism. Set in the city of Davenport, Saint Ambrose University is a private not-for-profit institution. This school awarded about 2 journalism degrees in the most recent year.
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Simpson College ranked #6 on our list of the most popular journalism schools. Simpson College is a private not-for-profit school located in the town of Indianola. During the most recent year for which we have data, roughly 2 students earned a degree in journalism from this school.
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Des Moines Area Community College comes in at #7 for journalism this year. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, Des Moines Area Community College is a public university. This school awarded about 1 journalism degrees in the most recent year.
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Mount Mercy University placed #8 for journalism by yearly graduations. Located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Mount Mercy University is a private not-for-profit university. This school awarded about 1 journalism degrees in the most recent year.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual. The ranking reflects yearly graduations in the major, drawn from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS).
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.