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Most Popular Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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$27,413 Avg Salary
$26,170 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Journalism Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Journalism is the #88 most popular major in Illinois with 332 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Journalism program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Carbondale the most popular school in Illinois for journalism students working on their undergraduate certificate. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

Full Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

Best Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 245
Ohio 426
Indiana 274
Wisconsin 325

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 values are for the top school 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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