Journalism at Georgetown University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Georgetown University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year.

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

Georgetown Journalism Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Georgetown Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a master's degree in Journalism from Georgetown in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in journalism each year. Georgetown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Editors	3,330	$89,710
Reporters and Correspondents	1,610	$100,550
Writers and Authors	1,250	$101,690
Photographers	420	$82,840
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$85,030

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.