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2023 Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$34,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, journalism was ranked #128 in the country. In fact 1,238 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for journalism majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Journalism

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Our analysis found Quinnipiac University to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Quinnipiac also is in the top 20% of our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#2

Emerson College

Boston, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Emerson College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the New England Region . Emerson is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Emerson are $31,910 a year.

Emerson excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northeastern also is in the top 15% of our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 105
Connecticut 19
Maine 20

One of 5 majors within the area of study, journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

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