Journalism at Baruch College

73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740.

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

Baruch Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Baruch Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Baruch 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 Baruch

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

Baruch Journalism Bachelor’s Program

71% Women

73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Baruch College with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baruch College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	39

Communication & Media Studies

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 Baruch 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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