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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$24,388 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

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

Our analysis found University of North Texas to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also made our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baylor are $37,674 per year.

Baylor excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 888
Arizona 362
Oklahoma 438
New Mexico 70

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 6 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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