General Journalism at Eastern Illinois University

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year.

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

EIU General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

EIU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 EIU

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

EIU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

62% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610
Broadcast News Analysts	260	$76,260

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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