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2023 Most Popular Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Journalism Doctor's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #128 most popular major in the country with 1,238 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region 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 the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Journalism program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for journalism majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

About 40% of the students majoring in journalism at the school are women while 60% are male.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in journalism at Iowa, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 60
Minnesota 0
Iowa 47
Kansas 24
Nebraska 27
South Dakota 1

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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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