2024 Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 204 bachelor's degrees in journalism to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 colleges 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 West Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Journalism in West Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

170 Annual Graduates

$33,444 Median Starting Salary

$24,250 Median Student Debt

West Virginia University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in journalism. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those journalism students who get their bachelor's degree from West Virginia University make $2,940 more than the average journalism grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from West Virginia University

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Marshall University
Huntington, WV

32 Annual Graduates

$27,565 Median Starting Salary

$26,662 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in journalism needs to check out Marshall University. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program make about $27,565 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in journalism from Marshall 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
Louisiana	171	54
Mississippi	169	111
Arkansas	167	245

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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	204

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	132
Public Relations & Advertising	11
Communication & Journalism (Other)	8

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.