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Journalism at Canisius College

Journalism at Canisius College

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Canisius College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 2,820 students attend the school each year.

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

Canisius Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Canisius Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Canisius 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 Canisius

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Canisius College.

Canisius Journalism Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Canisius since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Canisius are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Canisius College with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Canisius College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 12

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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Editors 19,140 $83,070
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Film and Video Editors 4,590 $92,170
Reporters and Correspondents 4,540 $81,930
Photographers 4,090 $53,150

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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