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General Journalism at Fordham University

General Journalism at Fordham University

Every general 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 Fordham University stacks up to those at other schools.

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 16,364 students attend the school each year.

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

Fordham U General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Fordham U General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Fordham U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Fordham U

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

Fordham U General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Fordham 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 Fordham University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for Fordham University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Editors 19,140 $83,070
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Reporters and Correspondents 4,540 $81,930
Communications Professors 3,080 $90,470
Broadcast News Analysts 880 $111,340

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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