Journalism at Ashland University

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

Ashland is located in Ashland, Ohio and approximately 4,447 students attend the school each year. Of the 758 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ashland University in 2021, 6 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.

Ashland Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Ashland Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Ashland 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
Best Value Journalism Schools	98
Best Journalism Schools	133
Most Focused Journalism Schools	249

Journalism Student Demographics at Ashland

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

Ashland Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ashland are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ashland 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
• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 OH, the home state for Ashland University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Photographers	1,880	$42,370
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Ll1324 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.