Journalism at Duquesne University

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

Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,830. Of the 1,590 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University in 2021, 15 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.

Duquesne Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Duquesne Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Duquesne performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Duquesne 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
	157
Most Popular Journalism Schools	186
Best Value Journalism Schools	203

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Duquesne Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Duquesne is $29,608. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Duquesne

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

Duquesne Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Duquesne awarded 15 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 Duquesne since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Duquesne 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 Duquesne University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 PA, the home state for Duquesne University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Alekjds under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.