General Journalism at Ball State University

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year.

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.

Ball State General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
Master’s Degree in Journalism

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for journalism at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Ball State General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Ball State 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 Ball State

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

Ball State General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

61% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ball State 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	51
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Ball State General Journalism Master’s Program

38% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in journalism each year. Ball State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Ball State, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in journalism.

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

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Writers and Authors	420	$61,920
Broadcast News Analysts	70	$68,000

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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