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2023 Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Journalism Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 67% of the students majoring in journalism at the school are women while 33% are male.

Full Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Morgan State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular journalism schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Morgan State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

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#2

Baruch College

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baruch College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Baruch is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Full Journalism at Baruch College Report

#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular journalism schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Journalism at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 294
Pennsylvania 16
Maryland 37
District of Columbia 62

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 5 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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