2025 Best Photojournalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in photojournalism sits in the middle of the road, ranking #674 out of 1232 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for photojournalism students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 40 bachelor's degrees in photojournalism to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on photojournalism students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of photojournalism students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized photojournalism related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for photojournalism students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Photojournalism Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Photojournalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Photojournalism in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Photojournalism

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

25 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in photojournalism needs to take a look at Ohio University - Athens Campus. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in photojournalism from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Central Michigan University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in photojournalism. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in photojournalism from Central Michigan University

Best Photojournalism Colleges by State

Explore the best photojournalism schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	16
Ohio	612	27
Illinois	558	9

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Photojournalism Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	1,230
Broadcast Journalism	22
Other Journalism	21

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.