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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,678 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,415 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 108 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for communication and journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Communication & Journalism

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Our analysis found University of Arkansas to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UARK are $9,018 a year.

UARK also made our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #3.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Arkansas Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at A-State are $6,422 per year.

A-State also took the #5 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock.

UA Little Rock graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 54
Florida 672
North Carolina 235
Virginia 380
Tennessee 105
Georgia 274
South Carolina 59
Louisiana 75
West Virginia 146
Kentucky 116
Alabama 218

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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