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Journalism at California State University - Sacramento

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Journalism at California State University - Sacramento

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if California State University - Sacramento is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 41 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.

Sac State Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Sac State Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Sac State 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 Sac State 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
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools 59
118

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $30,757. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Journalism Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Sac State. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 12
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Sac State 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 - Sacramento.

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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