General Journalism at California State University - Sacramento

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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.

Sac State General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Sac State General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Sac State 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 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 General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

56% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. 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.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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
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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