Journalism is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Journalism Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 362 degrees in journalism during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in journalism needs to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 236 journalism students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the journalism major at Arizona State University - Tempe earn $3,244 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in journalism. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 94 journalism students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program earn around $33,571 in the first couple years of working.
It's hard to beat Northern Arizona University if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 32 journalism students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program make an average of $27,218 in their early career salary.
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).
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Your choice of journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
