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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$9,364 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,415 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Master's Degree School for You

With 2,714 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #11 most popular major in Indiana.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for communication and journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

Check out the communication and journalism master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for communication and journalism students working on their master’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue also made our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #2.

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Out of the 10 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the # 2 spot on the list. PFW is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at PFW are $6,552 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest graduate students pay an average of $6,303 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,329 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, IU Bloomington is ranked #4 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Indiana.

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Out of the 10 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the # 5 spot on the list. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the midsize city of South Bend.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana University - South Bend are $8,270 per year.

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#6

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

Ball State also claimed a spot on our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Indiana State are $8,056 a year.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree communication and journalism programs. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $10,389 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Southern Indiana did quite well on this year’s best value schools for communication and journalism students working on their master’s degree. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USI are $10,384 per year.

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#10

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication and journalism students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Valpo are $12,220 a year.

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

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,555
Ohio 3,901
Illinois 4,261
Wisconsin 1,988

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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