Journalism at Eastern Washington University

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from EWU.

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

EWU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

EWU Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how EWU 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 EWU 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	153
	156
	162
Best Journalism Schools	169

Journalism Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from EWU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at EWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Photographers	1,030	$48,020
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.