Journalism at Central Michigan University

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

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a total student population of 17,311. Of the 3,744 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University in 2021, 35 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.

Central Michigan Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Central Michigan Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Central Michigan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Central Michigan 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
	207

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Central Michigan Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Central Michigan is $25,827. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Central Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Central Michigan University.

Central Michigan Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Central Michigan awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Central Michigan since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Central Michigan 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 Central Michigan University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Reporters and Correspondents	1,190	$47,110
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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
• Image Credit: By cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.