General Journalism at California State University - Long Beach

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

CSULB General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at CSULB 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 CSULB

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

CSULB General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 State University - Long Beach.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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