Journalism at Augustana University

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 University stacks up to those at other schools.

Augustana Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and approximately 2,019 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Augustana Sioux Falls.

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 Sioux Falls Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Augustana Sioux Falls Journalism Rankings

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

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 Augustana Sioux Falls 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	134
Most Popular Journalism Schools	284

Journalism Student Demographics at Augustana Sioux Falls

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

Augustana Sioux Falls Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Augustana Sioux Falls awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Augustana Sioux Falls since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Augustana Sioux Falls 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 Augustana 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

Augustana Sioux Falls 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 SD, the home state for Augustana University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$31,630
Reporters and Correspondents	220	$32,390
Photographers	160	$30,380
Editors	150	$48,100
Writers and Authors	70	$49,410

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.