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business and economic journalism Master’s Degrees

Earnings of business and economic journalism Majors With Master’s Degrees (All Award Levels)

The median salary for graduates holding amaster’s degree in business and economic journalism of $49,199 four years after graduation. These figures are reported program-wide, across all award levels.

This number may vary for many reasons. For instance, you may move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money.

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$36,675
4 years	$49,199
5 years	$57,526

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker (program-wide, all award levels).}

Student Debt (All Award Levels)

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for graduates with this degree.

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors similar to business and economic journalism that also offer master’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Journalism	9,378
Journalism, Other	1,098
Broadcast Journalism	757
Photojournalism	91
Science/Health/Environmental Journalism	10

References

The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.