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Journalism at Brigham Young University - Provo

Journalism at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year.

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

BYU Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

BYU Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at BYU 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 49
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brigham Young University - Provo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Journalism 63
General Journalism 1

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Editors 960 $60,990
Writers and Authors 660 $54,660
Communications Professors 430 $74,270
Film and Video Editors 310 $54,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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