UC Berkeley Journalism - Admissions

Accrediting Report

The program is accredited by the American Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

In its most recent report in 2006, the accrediting team called the Graduate School of Journalism "an inventive, professionally-oriented program" that attracts "outstanding, smart, creative and socially conscious students" and offers them a "small, focused program that features mentoring as well as instruction." They also cited the School's outstanding faculty as "journalists who are committed teachers but also remain professionally active." Also noted were the School's "rich inventive partnerships with media organizations, and its dazzling program of public events and forums about important issues."