2025 Best General Journalism Schools in Arizona

General Journalism is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #69 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general journalism. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 96 degrees in general journalism annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Journalism Schools List

General Journalism Rankings by Degree Level

The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Journalism Schools in Arizona. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Journalism in Arizona

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the journalism degree levels they offer.

Top Arizona Schools in Journalism

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Journalism Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat University of Arizona if you wish to pursue a degree in general journalism. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson.More information about a degree in general journalism from University of Arizona

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in general journalism needs to check out Northern Arizona University. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.More information about a degree in general journalism from Northern Arizona University

Best General Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	827
Oklahoma	565	266
New Mexico	416	70

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Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism

General Journalism is one of 6 different types of Journalism programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Journalism	208

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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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.