Best Colleges for Journalism
Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 119 institutions with data
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| # | Institution | State | Year 1 | Year 5 Median | Year 10 | PP Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington and Lee University | VA | $25,735 | $72,181 | $110,151 | $70,420 |
| 2 | University of Richmond | VA | $43,948 | $72,014 | $93,297 | $70,258 |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | WI | $43,642 | $70,830 | $94,456 | $74,479 |
| 4 | University of Missouri - Columbia | MO | $43,711 | $68,802 | $96,448 | $77,132 |
| 5 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | MN | $42,203 | $66,847 | $91,627 | $71,038 |
| 6 | Quinnipiac University | CT | $39,119 | $66,761 | $92,521 | $57,902 |
| 7 | State University of New York at Stony Brook | NY | $40,155 | $66,726 | $91,685 | $50,550 |
| 8 | University of Connecticut | CT | $42,694 | $66,130 | $85,664 | $57,355 |
| 9 | University of Texas at Austin | TX | $44,795 | $65,758 | $85,493 | $71,398 |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts - Amherst | MA | $38,655 | $65,552 | $87,772 | $44,232 |
| 11 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | $38,410 | $65,149 | $88,416 | $61,988 |
| 12 | Indiana University - Bloomington | IN | $41,430 | $64,832 | $83,644 | $71,717 |
| 13 | CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College | NY | $36,805 | $64,533 | $76,015 | $48,889 |
| 14 | Arizona State University | AZ | $40,654 | $62,956 | $84,672 | $59,114 |
| 15 | Texas A&M University | TX | $39,774 | $62,781 | $77,273 | $68,166 |
| 16 | Miami University | OH | $41,338 | $62,777 | $83,907 | $69,675 |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $38,590 | $62,297 | $92,600 | $67,862 |
| 18 | University of Oklahoma | OK | $39,143 | $61,417 | $81,357 | $71,249 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University (The) | PA | $38,051 | $61,364 | $79,547 | $62,552 |
| 20 | Utah State University | UT | $39,970 | $60,067 | $84,025 | $58,036 |
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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.