Journalism at Arkansas Tech University

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

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,829. Of the 1,276 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2021, 16 of them were journalism majors.

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

ATU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

ATU Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at ATU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	231
Most Focused Journalism Schools	247

Earnings of ATU Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $25,577. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from ATU. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at ATU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ATU also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Photographers	330	$37,520
Editors	330	$47,480
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$32,620
Communications Professors	250	$65,060

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.