<p>You don’t need to major in journalism to enter the field. In fact a different major might be better because it lets you bring something else to the table. A science major would be attractive to employers looking for someone work on stories involving the medical or hi-tech fields. A poli-sci major that took the right classes would be able to help untangle what is going on in local or state government. And so on.</p>
<p>Some schools have programs that help you get experience, but if you are motivated you can look for internships and coop jobs from any school. And experience is whats going to get you going. If you wait until you graduate to start working in the field, you’ll be an also-ran compared to college grads with a page full of positions they’ve held. You need to start early, getting less competitive positions so that later you can be a candidate for jobs such as an NBC page (see [NBC</a> page - Wikipedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_page]NBC”>NBC page - Wikipedia)). You start by working at the school paper, getting any job (or volunteering) at a local TV station, and then build/network from there.</p>
<p>The most important thing for you to know is that your future is going to depend on what you do, not whether you attend some “best” college for journalism. Plenty of kids from great schools such as Syracuse or Missouri are going to struggle to find jobs because they didn’t spend the time laying the groundwork to be attractive to employers. To be sure, going to a top school and taking advantage of all the resources puts you in a great position. Bottom line, however, attending a top school doesn’t guarantee success, nor does going somewhere else prevent it. So focus less on a search for “top” schools and more on finding out what it takes to be a success when you finish.</p>