Journalism at Eastern Michigan University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Eastern Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294. Of the 3,309 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 11 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.

Eastern Michigan Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Eastern Michigan Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern 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
Best Value Journalism Schools	78
	184
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	199

Earnings of Eastern Michigan Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern Michigan is $27,367. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Eastern Michigan in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Eastern 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 MI, the home state for Eastern 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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.