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General Journalism at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

General Journalism at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820
Broadcast News Analysts 360 $102,480

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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