Most Popular Schools for Journalism Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the theory and practice of gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers. Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting; photojournalism; layout and graphic design; journalism law and policy; professional standards and ethics; research methods; and journalism history and criticism.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Missouri-Columbia	634	7%	$26,766
2	Northwestern University	303	4%	$74,649
3	University of North Texas	270	3%	$24,712
4	University of Kansas	258	4%	$26,566
5	Georgia State University	257	4%	$26,014
6	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	238	2%	$27,898
7	West Virginia University	232	4%	$23,294
8	Indiana University-Bloomington	229	2%	$24,779
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	228	2%	$36,652
10	Ohio University-Main Campus	224	2%	$28,986
11	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	206	2%	$32,443
12	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	177	3%	$29,097
13	University of Wisconsin-Madison	174	1%	$26,025
14	Boston University	167	2%	$72,618
15	University of Iowa	167	2%	$24,239
16	New York University	165	1%	$73,566
17	California State University-Long Beach	162	2%	$24,738
18	California State University-Northridge	161	2%	$22,969
19	University of Georgia	159	2%	$26,688
20	University of Arkansas	154	3%	$25,500
21	University of Maryland-College Park	153	1%	$27,146
22	The University of Texas at Austin	153	1%	$26,506
23	University of Oregon	146	2%	$27,366
24	University of Nevada-Reno	142	3%	$25,039
25	Temple University	132	2%	$33,004
26	Michigan State University	126	1%	$28,862
27	University of West Georgia	118	4%	$24,396
28	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	115	2%	$31,510
29	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	113	2%	$26,231
30	Kent State University at Kent	113	2%	$25,886
31	University of Mississippi	113	2%	$25,436
32	University of Arizona	109	1%	$29,217
33	Kansas State University	108	2%	$24,923
34	University of Florida	107	1%	$21,211
35	California State University-Fresno	103	2%	$21,418
36	San Diego State University	97	1%	$29,318
37	Baylor University	94	2%	$62,527
38	Emerson College	91	8%	$68,392
39	University of Southern California	90	1%	$74,825
40	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	88	1%	$30,913
41	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	83	2%	$28,302
42	American University	82	2%	$66,268
43	Iowa State University	79	1%	$21,186
44	University of Houston	79	1%	$23,225
45	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	78	1%	$22,639
46	California State University-Chico	77	2%	$24,624
47	University of Memphis	75	2%	$25,423
48	The University of Alabama	75	1%	$29,872
49	DePaul University	72	1%	$57,678
50	Savannah State University	70	11%	$17,255
51	Hofstra University	70	3%	$63,748
52	Northeastern University	69	1%	$70,592
53	Radford University	68	3%	$24,088
54	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	68	4%	$29,086
55	Columbia College Chicago	65	4%	$45,644
56	San Francisco State University	64	1%	$27,480
57	Georgia College & State University	63	4%	$28,536
58	Auburn University	61	1%	$31,590
59	Ohio State University-Main Campus	59	0%	$27,367
60	SUNY at Albany	59	1%	$26,734
61	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	59	0%	$30,102
62	Western Washington University	59	2%	$24,077
63	Metropolitan State University of Denver	58	2%	$9,066
64	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	58	1%	$22,537
65	University of Colorado Boulder	54	1%	$31,044
66	The University of Montana	53	2%	$20,966
67	St Bonaventure University	53	9%	$49,136
68	University of Nebraska at Omaha	51	1%	$22,300
69	Quinnipiac University	51	2%	$65,300
70	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	50	2%	$21,380
71	George Washington University	50	1%	$71,930
72	Ashford University	49	0%	$13,230
73	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	49	1%	$29,367
74	Ithaca College	49	3%	$62,757
75	University of Southern Mississippi	47	1%	$24,048
76	Stony Brook University	44	1%	$26,091
77	Full Sail University	44	1%	$24,639
78	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	44	1%	$32,681
79	Utah State University	43	1%	$20,504
80	Texas State University	42	0%	$23,130
81	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	42	2%	$19,062
82	Marshall University	42	2%	$21,969
83	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	42	2%	$24,073
84	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	42	3%	$23,207
85	San Jose State University	40	0%	$29,193
86	Appalachian State University	38	1%	$19,194
87	Morgan State University	38	3%	$24,101
88	Samford University	38	3%	$47,863
89	University of Central Florida	37	0%	$22,548
90	Universidad del Sagrado Corazon	37	4%	$24,450
91	Wayne State University	36	1%	$27,157
92	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	36	0%	$27,638
93	University of Northern Colorado	35	1%	$25,494
94	Oakland University	35	1%	$25,524
95	Illinois State University	34	1%	$29,758
96	Biola University	34	3%	$56,956
97	Rutgers University-Newark	34	1%	$32,708
98	California State University-Sacramento	33	0%	$26,454
99	Arkansas Tech University	33	1%	$18,785
100	University of Connecticut	33	0%	$32,404

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Journalism program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.