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2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region

6 Colleges
$32,691 Avg Salary
$23,007 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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 .

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best journalism schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular journalism programs. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 41
Arizona 56
Oklahoma 18

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 6 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.

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