General Journalism at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a total student population of 26,822.

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.

Kent State General Journalism Degrees Available

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

Kent State General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Kent State 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 Kent State

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

Kent State General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Kent State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Kent State General Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in journalism each year. Kent State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Kent State, 94% 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 Kent State University at Kent with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050
Broadcast News Analysts	110	$79,270

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.