Journalism at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

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

BGSU is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and has a total student population of 18,142. In 2021, 14 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from BGSU.

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

BGSU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

BGSU Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at BGSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at BGSU 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
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular Journalism Schools	193

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from BGSU Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at BGSU is $30,537. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at BGSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

BGSU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at BGSU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at BGSU 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 Bowling Green State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BGSU also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 OH, the home state for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Photographers	1,880	$42,370
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.