Journalism at Bradley University

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at Bradley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and approximately 5,855 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,287 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in 2021, 9 of them were journalism majors.

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

Bradley Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Bradley Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Bradley 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 Bradley 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
	98

Journalism Student Demographics at Bradley

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

Bradley Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Bradley. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Bradley University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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

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 IL, the home state for Bradley University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.