Journalism at California Baptist University

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

Cal Baptist is located in Riverside, California and approximately 11,317 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,008 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Baptist University in 2021, 12 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.

Cal Baptist Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Cal Baptist Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Cal Baptist 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 Cal Baptist 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
	200
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	244
Most Focused Journalism Schools	274

Earnings of Cal Baptist Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Baptist is $26,997. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Cal Baptist

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

Cal Baptist Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal Baptist in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 California Baptist University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

Cal Baptist 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

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 CA, the home state for California Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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 Jeremylofgren under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.