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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges
$34,008 Avg Salary
$25,292 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 548 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communication and journalism majors pursuing an online .

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the most popular school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue an online degree in Rhode Island. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

While working on their degree, communication and journalism majors at URI accumulate an average of around $24,208 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $431, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Journalism Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

After completing their degree, communication and journalism graduates from JWU Online carry an average student debtload of $24,500.

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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,039
Maine 241
Massachusetts 3,623
Connecticut 1,467
Vermont 146

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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 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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