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Journalism at California State University - Northridge

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Journalism at California State University - Northridge

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. Of the 9,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Northridge in 2021, 161 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.

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.

Earnings of CSUN Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUN is $27,428. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

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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

67% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 83
White 35
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

CSUN also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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