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Journalism at Georgia Southern University

Journalism at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 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.

GaSou Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

GaSou Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at GaSou 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Journalism Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at GaSou are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 25

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Editors 2,190 $61,330
Photographers 1,850 $45,270
Film and Video Editors 1,330 $64,470
Reporters and Correspondents 1,230 $51,140
Writers and Authors 960 $63,260

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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