Journalism at Butler University

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

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 5,544. Of the 1,107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in 2021, 4 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.

Butler Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Butler Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Butler performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Butler 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 Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	274
Most Focused Journalism Schools	325

Journalism Student Demographics at Butler

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

Butler Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Butler awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Butler 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 Butler University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

Butler 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
• 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 IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Reporters and Correspondents	820	$46,830
Photographers	800	$35,460
Radio and Television Announcers	510	$43,160

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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.