Journalism
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Journalism degree recipients are Columbia, MO, Los Angeles, CA, and Boston, MA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Journalism degree recipients are Purcellville, VA, St. Bonaventure, NY, and St. Augustine, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Journalism is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Journalism and the types of students that study this field. University of Missouri-Columbia awards the most degrees in Journalism in the US.
Tuition costs for Journalism majors are, on average, $7,200 for in-state public colleges, and $37,760 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Journalism programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (203 total). N/A
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Journalism programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Missouri-Columbia has the most Journalism degree recipients, with 523 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Journalism.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Journalism by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Communications in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Communications degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Communications (5,903 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Journalism are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Communications are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Journalism.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Journalism for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Journalism.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Samoa that hold Communications degrees (7 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (19,582 degree recipients).
