Journalism schools - Medill vs CUNY

[Billie Lafitte]

So now it's down to two schools for me, but the more I research about them the more confused I get. I've listed out the factors I'm considering and the weight (1-5) I assign to each of them, but it would really help me if you would add some more factors I forgot to include or to give more/less weight to certain factors.

LOCATION (4): CUNY is in NYC which means more internships + great experience overall VS Medill is in Evanston, Chicago

COST (3): CUNY costs around $50,000++ VS Medill costs $80,000++

CURRICULUM (5): Both are exciting, but CUNY has interesting international reporting stream VS Medill has the magazine Innovation project

LENGTH (4): CUNY is 1 1/2 years VS Medill is 1 year

REPUTATION (5): CUNY is a new school VS Medill is well established and highly regarded in the journalism world

SCHOLARSHIP (3): CUNY offered me $8000 scholarship VS Medill offered nothing

INTERNSHIP (5): CUNY requires summer internship and I might be able to do internships during school semesters too VS Medill offers the Chicago or Washington newsroom.

FACULTY (4): Both are equally good in my opinion... Mostly practitioners and people attuned to what's happening in the media industry.

PEOPLE (2): CUNY people seem eager to have me there VS Medill people sound nonchalant

CAREER OPPORTUNITY (5): CUNY is a new school so people might be curious about it... VS Medill graduates are well known in the industry, I'd assume.

I have a severe case of wanting everything (but don't we all?). Thanks for any input!

[Jae B.]

Hmm...based on what you said...I'd pick CUNY.

[ellebelle24]

Bumping this topic. I'm in the same boat -- trying to decide between Medill & CUNY. I want to visit both, but can only visit one (Medill) due to cost. I know that Medill carries a lot of name recognition, but CUNY continues to impress me. Both schools have offered scholarships, but CUNY would be about $15,000 cheaper in the end. Has anyone visited CUNY's J-School and have anything to add? Thanks so much in advance!