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2023 Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$34,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Master's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #70 most popular major in the country with 13,552 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. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for 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 Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for journalism majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Journalism

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Quinnipiac University the best value school in the New England Region for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Quinnipiac graduate students pay an average of $20,340 in tuition and fees each year.

Quinnipiac excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Journalism at Quinnipiac University

#2

Emerson College

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Emerson are $31,910 a year.

Emerson also claimed a spot on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Journalism at Northeastern University

#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Journalism at Boston University Report

Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 483
Connecticut 129
New Hampshire 2
Maine 30
Rhode Island 25
Vermont 5

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 4 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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