Journalism at Auburn University

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Auburn University stacks up to those at other schools.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and has a total student population of 30,737.

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

Auburn Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Auburn Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Auburn 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Journalism Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Auburn 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 Auburn University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at Auburn University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Auburn University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	39

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Photographers	480	$39,360
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Robert S. Donovan under License

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