2025 Best General Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general journalism, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #42 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for general journalism students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 59 bachelor's degrees in general journalism during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general journalism students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general journalism students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general journalism related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Journalism in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general journalism.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Journalism

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

University of Mississippi is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general journalism. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University.More information about a bachelor’s in general journalism from University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

21 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general journalism has to look into University of Southern Mississippi. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general journalism from University of Southern Mississippi

Best General Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	245
Tennessee	460	265
North Carolina	453	110
Georgia	453	621
Virginia	421	128
South Carolina	370	20
Kentucky	331	76
Alabama	320	107
Louisiana	306	54
Arkansas	294	235
West Virginia	223	204

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General Journalism Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Journalism area of study, General Journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Broadcast Journalism	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Jfurrer. More about our data sources and methodologies.