Journalism at California State University - Northridge

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381.

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

CSUN Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

CSUN Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at CSUN 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 CSUN

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

CSUN Journalism Bachelor’s Program

63% Women

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 - Northridge with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	24
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	161

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 - Northridge.

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
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