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. In 2021, 25 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Journalism Schools	71
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from GaSou Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $28,154. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from GaSou. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.