Journalism at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Gonzaga.

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

Gonzaga Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Gonzaga Journalism Rankings

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

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 Gonzaga 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
	76
Most Focused Journalism Schools	106
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	173

Earnings of Gonzaga Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gonzaga is $33,359. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Gonzaga in 2021, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Gonzaga are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Gonzaga 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
• Communication & Media Studies
• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Photographers	1,030	$48,020
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.