Journalism at Elon 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 Elon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,638 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Elon University in 2021, 31 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.

Elon Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Elon Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Elon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Elon 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
	23
Most Focused Journalism Schools	65
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Journalism Schools	89
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111

Journalism Student Demographics at Elon

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

Elon Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Elon awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Elon since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Elon 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
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Photographers	1,450	$33,630
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 MPD01605 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.