Journalism at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

DePaul Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at DePaul 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 DePaul

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

DePaul Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

DePaul Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in journalism each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at DePaul University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	65

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.