Journalism at Asbury University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Asbury University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Asbury is located in Wilmore, Kentucky and has a total student population of 1,741. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Asbury.

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

Asbury Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Asbury Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Asbury performed in these rankings.

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 Asbury 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
Most Focused Journalism Schools	62
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best Journalism Schools	164
	171
	178
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Journalism Schools	268

Journalism Student Demographics at Asbury

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

Asbury Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Asbury. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Asbury are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Asbury University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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

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 KY, the home state for Asbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Editors	770	$44,050
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$50,190
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Photographers	400	$36,390

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 Amannelle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.