General Journalism at Austin Peay State University

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Austin Peay State University is located in Clarksville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 10,272.

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

Austin Peay State University General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Austin Peay State University General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Austin Peay State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Austin Peay State University

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

Austin Peay State University General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

30% Women

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Austin Peay State University since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Austin Peay State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 TN, the home state for Austin Peay State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290
Communications Professors	310	$56,860
Broadcast News Analysts	100	$67,840

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
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