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Journalism at Illinois State University

Journalism at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and has a total student population of 20,720.

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

Illinois State Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Illinois State Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Illinois State 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 Illinois State

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

Illinois State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Illinois State since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 29

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Photographers 2,600 $36,290
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610

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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