Journalism at High Point University

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

High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and has a total student population of 5,617. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from High Point.

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

High Point Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

High Point Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at High Point 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 High Point 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
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Journalism Schools	268

Journalism Student Demographics at High Point

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

High Point Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from High Point. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at High Point are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

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 NC, the home state for High Point University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Photographers	1,450	$33,630
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Reporters and Correspondents	930	$41,660

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 LancerE under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.