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2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$21,334 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #59 most popular major in Minnesota with 292 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Minnesota to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the best value school in Minnesota for journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 a year. Journalism majors at UMN Twin Cities take out an average of $19,916 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $234, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UMN Twin Cities also claimed a spot on our Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Minnesota. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

MSU Moorhead undergraduate students pay an average of $9,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

UMN Duluth undergraduate students pay an average of $13,850 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia College at Moorhead. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Concordia College Moorhead is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concordia College Moorhead are $28,016 a year.

Full Journalism at Concordia College at Moorhead Report

#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Bethel University Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Minnesota. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Bethel University Minnesota undergraduate students pay an average of $40,080 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at Bethel University Minnesota Report

Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 543
Kansas 347
Iowa 279
Nebraska 155
North Dakota 10
South Dakota 16

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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