Journalism at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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

Florida A&M University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and approximately 9,184 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 43 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Florida A&M University.

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

Florida A&M University Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Florida A&M University Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Florida A&M University performed in these rankings.

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 Florida A&M University 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
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Florida A&M University Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida A&M University is $26,175. 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 Florida A&M University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

Florida A&M University Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Florida A&M University in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida A&M University 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

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 FL, the home state for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Photographers	4,480	$39,990
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Film and Video Editors	1,430	$50,410

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 Porkn305 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.