Journalism et al - What other states do grads wind up in work/grad school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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For post undergrad, it often helps to be in school and then in grad school around where you want to live. Wondering how many wind up on East Coast later.
Does anyone know of any stats on this?

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I am not sure that I understand your question so if I miss, please let me know.

I have several relatives who are journalists. All gravitate toward New York City & Wash DC. Several earned masters degrees in journalism at Columbia. Made great contacts while there & all are very successful & well connected. Northwestern University is another journalism program that might be of interest to you.

Where do you want to live ?

https://www.successfulstudent.org./best-graduate-programs-in-journalism/

  1. Columbia
  2. UC-Berkeley
  3. Northwestern
  4. NYU
  5. Missouri
  6. Stanford
  7. Texas
  8. Maryland
  9. Syracuse
  10. Illinois

10 Best Bachelor’s in Journalism:

  1. Northwestern
  2. NYU
  3. Missouri
  4. Stanford
  5. Texas
  6. Maryland
  7. Syracuse
  8. UNC
  9. George Washington Univ. (GWU)
  10. Illinois
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It’s really hard to plan your post-school life around where you go to grad school. I always planned to stay in Austin, and that’s where I got my master’s degree. And then I ended up 2,500 miles away in Maine. Never saw that coming. Pick the university that you think is the best fit and aligns with your finances. I got a fellowship at UT that paid my tuition and living expenses, for example. Good luck!

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She doesn’t want to stay in Texas. At all. But UT is where she might need to go. (she doesn’t want to go there, but…) Prefers more of a liberal arts college that has journalism or communications and allows her to more freely study more things between schools, etc. Also not as HUGE. :wink:
So I was looking into where undergraduates end up if they major in communications, etc. that’s in the NE for jobs or grad schools.

Also, I didn’t know this since I went to a private univ. in the NE: Financial aid will only be offered for courses that count toward your degree completion. If you are registered in courses outside of your program, your financial aid offers and the way your financial aid pays for your courses may be impacted.
So if you want to take i.e. The Short Stories of John Cheever you’re SOL. This seems ridiculous to me.

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:woman_shrugging:t3: - is that just one school you looked at? i’ve not heard of that before. I have seen merit scholarships limit the number of hours that the scholarship will pay for though. (eg: 16 per semester).

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I learned this at another Texas university and was shocked. It’s any state school per search. They all say the same thing. So it seems that they make 18 year olds know exactly what it is they want to do (lucky if one does).
I.e. Boston University (which is private) allows all students to mix and match between schools. I guess it may be that way in any state school in any state.
I went to Lehigh and was able to double major easily bc I had the freedom to do so.