2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, journalism is the #114 most popular major in Ohio.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Journalism Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Ohio to see which programs offered the best value experiences for journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Ohio

Check out the journalism programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality in Journalism

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

16 Degrees

$11,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Kent State University at Kent to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in Ohio. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

Kent State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Journalism at Kent State University at Kent

#2

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, OH

20 Degrees

#17 in Quality in Ohio

$12,840 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Schools in Ohio list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OHIO Athens are $12,840 per year.

Full Journalism at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• 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.

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