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2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,494 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,444 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

Journalism is the #174 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 16 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Best Value Journalism Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value programs for journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Journalism

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$17,378 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Temple University to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Temple undergraduate students pay an average of $17,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA
$35,610 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Point Park University is a great value for journalism students. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Point Park is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Point Park undergraduate students pay an average of $35,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 294
Maryland 37
District of Columbia 62

More Journalism Rankings in Pennsylvania

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

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 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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