Journalism at Averett University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Averett University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

AU is located in Danville, Virginia and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from AU.

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

AU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

AU Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how AU 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 AU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149

Journalism Student Demographics at AU

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

AU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at AU since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at AU 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 Averett University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

AU 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 VA, the home state for Averett University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Photographers	860	$37,420
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.