Journalism at Fairfield University

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

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Fairfield U.

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

Fairfield U Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Fairfield U Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Fairfield U 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
	4
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	235

Journalism Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Fairfield U 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 Fairfield University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Editors	950	$71,260
Photographers	570	$44,140
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440
Radio and Television Announcers	390	$42,320
Film and Video Editors	310	$73,710

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.