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Most Popular Journalism Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in Rhode Island

3 Colleges
$27,992 Avg Salary
$26,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

With 25 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, journalism is the #122 most popular major in Rhode Island.

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 Most Popular Journalism Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the most popular school in Rhode Island for journalism students. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

Journalism majors at URI take out an average of $26,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Journalism Schools in Rhode Island list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great place for journalism students. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

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Best Journalism Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 483
Connecticut 129
New Hampshire 2
Maine 30
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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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