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2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in Iowa

2 Colleges
$40,608 Avg Salary
$24,886 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

Journalism is the #54 most popular major in Iowa with 47 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa 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.

Check out the journalism programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Iowa.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Journalism Schools in Iowa list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Journalism at Iowa State University Report

Best Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 5 majors within the area of study, journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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