Journalism at Iowa State University

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822. Of the 6,998 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 2021, 49 of them were journalism majors.

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

Iowa State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Iowa State Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Iowa 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.

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in journalism from Iowa State. This makes it the #43 most popular school for journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Iowa State Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $34,913. This is 10% higher than $31,781, which is the national average for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Iowa 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa State Journalism Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 journalism majors earned their master's degree from Iowa State. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Iowa State, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• 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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Photographers	510	$30,180
Communications Professors	480	$88,340

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.