General Journalism at American River College

If you are interested in studying general journalism, you may want to check out the program at American River College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 25,422.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

American River General Journalism Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Journalism

American River General Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at American River College.

American River General Journalism Associate’s Program

63% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in journalism only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at American River may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in journalism graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820
Broadcast News Analysts	360	$102,480

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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