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2023 Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$39,141 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Master's Degree School for You

With 483 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, journalism is the #69 most popular major in Massachusetts.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which master'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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Journalism

#1

Emerson College

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Emerson College the best value school in Massachusetts for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Emerson is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emerson are $31,910 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Massachusetts. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern also did well on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Journalism at Northeastern University

#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

Read full report on Journalism at Boston University

Best Value Journalism Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

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 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 Jfurrer.

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