General Journalism at Gonzaga University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study general journalism, take a look at what Gonzaga University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295.

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.

Gonzaga General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Gonzaga General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to 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 26% more men than average.

About 60% 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 4% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Broadcast Journalism

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
Communications Professors	600	$60,370
Reporters and Correspondents	580	$53,980
Broadcast News Analysts	70	$122,060

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
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