2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Journalism School for You
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Journalism program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Journalism Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Journalism Schools
Our analysis found Ohio University - Athens Campus to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The excellent programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.
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The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
Ball State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular journalism programs. Located in the city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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University of Illinois at Springfield came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIS is a small public school located in the city of Springfield.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for journalism students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Best Journalism Colleges by State
Explore the best journalism colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 8 |
| Illinois | 32 |
| Ohio | 36 |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Wisconsin | 13 |
Journalism Related Majors
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 15 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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