Journalism at Augustana College

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 Augustana College stacks up to those at other schools.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,389. In 2021, 14 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Augustana.

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

Augustana Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Augustana Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Augustana 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 Augustana 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	68
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171

Journalism Student Demographics at Augustana

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

Augustana Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Augustana are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Augustana 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

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 IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.