2024 Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #46 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of journalism. Combined, these schools handed out 54 bachelor's degrees in journalism to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on journalism students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of journalism students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for journalism to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized journalism related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Journalism in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism

1

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

14 Annual Graduates

$30,839 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Loyola University New Orleans if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in journalism. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New Orleans.

Journalism bachelor's degree recipients from Loyola University New Orleans earn a boost of around $4,884 over the average earnings of journalism graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from Loyola University New Orleans

2

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

39 Annual Graduates

$21,071 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Louisiana Tech University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in journalism. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public university located in the town of Ruston.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the journalism program report average early career income of $21,071.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from Louisiana Tech University

Best Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	273
Georgia	224	621
Tennessee	220	290
North Carolina	213	133
Virginia	213	128
South Carolina	195	89
Kentucky	187	181
Alabama	184	216
Mississippi	169	111
Arkansas	167	245
West Virginia	147	204

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Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism

One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Journalism Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	54

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	765
Public Relations & Advertising	117
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	20

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer. More about our data sources and methodologies.