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2023 Most Popular Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

2 Colleges
$42,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 210 degrees and certificates were awarded to journalism students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #72 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Journalism program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for journalism majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the most popular school in Maryland for journalism students working on their master’s degree. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

Women make up 70% of the journalism majors at the school.

Full Journalism at University of Maryland - College Park Report

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 2 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Morgan State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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Best Journalism Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Journalism Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 506
New York 1,053
New Jersey 267
District of Columbia 170
Delaware 17

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 2 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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