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Journalism

The "We Trained the Anchor You're Watching" Cartel

World-famous J-schools—Medill, Mizzou, Newhouse, Annenberg, Hussman—that mint Pulitzer winners, network anchors, and bylines you already recognize. If it ran on the front page or led the broadcast, odds are someone here wrote it.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 85 12% 42% / 58% 1% $65,904 —
2 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 165 7% 28% / 72% 5% $51,375 —
3 Boston
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 88 13% 32% / 68% 7% $68,221 —
4 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 438 72% 34% / 66% 3% $73,648 —
5 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 133 35% 52% / 48% 3% $67,311 —
6 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 0 17% — — — —

Statehouse Press-Corps Factories

Massive public flagship newsrooms cranking out thousands of reporters a year—the ones who staff every statehouse press corps, wire bureau, and local affiliate from coast to coast.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 U. of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL 88 75% 47% / 53% 0% $62,861 —
2 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 262 88% 47% / 53% 1% $65,257 —
3 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 135 23% 42% / 58% 3% $56,146 —
4 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 36 37% 42% / 58% 6% $57,910 —
5 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 105 76% 20% / 80% 2% $71,565 —
6 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 108 45% 31% / 69% 0% $65,498 —
7 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 86 83% 38% / 62% 1% $61,810 —
8 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 52 49% 44% / 56% 2% $69,374 —
9 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 187 55% 52% / 48% 8% $63,212 —
10 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 146 22% 20% / 80% 2% $62,959 —
11 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 33 42% 21% / 79% 15% $67,658 —
12 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 154 41% 22% / 78% 11% $73,390 —

Reliable Sources (Allegedly)

Strong, respectable journalism programs tucked inside universities better known for football, medicine, or the beach—where you will quietly get a genuinely excellent reporting education.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 33 29% 21% / 79% 0% — —
2 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 87 71% 36% / 64% 0% $74,913 —
3 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 28 54% 29% / 71% 4% $63,711 —
4 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 41 47% 27% / 73% 5% $73,744 —
5 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 21 17% 52% / 48% 5% $59,063 —
6 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 45 6% 11% / 89% 9% $58,133 —
7 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 125 78% 50% / 50% 0% $51,538 —
8 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 66 55% 48% / 52% 3% $55,166 —
9 U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 113 55% 32% / 68% 0% $59,665 —
10 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 67 52% 19% / 81% 0% $58,515 —

Live at 11 with the Local Affiliate

Scrappy, hyper-practical programs that absolutely own their regional media market and feed the morning show, the 11 o'clock news, and the metro daily—while quietly plotting a bigger move.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 55 43% 24% / 76% 4% — —
2 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 13 88% 23% / 77% 8% — —
3 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 81 83% 33% / 67% 1% $64,003 —
4 U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS 170 88% 24% / 76% 3% $69,117 —
5 U. of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman, OK
Norman, OK 231 72% 35% / 65% 2% $65,092 —
6 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 111 69% 32% / 68% 0% $52,454 —