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2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in the New England Region

7 Colleges
$32,768 Avg Salary
$24,209 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Journalism 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Journalism Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the New England 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for journalism majors pursuing a .

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our analysis found Boston University to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Full Journalism at Harvard University Report

Out of the 7 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Maine College of Art

Portland, ME

The excellent programs at Maine College of Art helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Portland, Maine College of Art is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

The excellent programs at Quinnipiac University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the New England Region . Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

Full Journalism at Quinnipiac University Report

#6

Emerson College

Boston, MA

Emerson College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in the New England Region list. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Full Journalism at Emerson College Report

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Journalism Schools in the New England Region ranking. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

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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 7 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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