Journalism at Kentucky State University

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

KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and approximately 2,290 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from KY State.

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

KY State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

KY State Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how KY State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at KY 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Best Value Journalism Schools	156
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Popular Journalism Schools	193
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
	252
Best Journalism Schools	260
	264

Earnings of KY State Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at KY State is $19,445. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at KY State

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

KY State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from KY State in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at KY State since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 Kentucky State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Editors	770	$44,050
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$50,190
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Photographers	400	$36,390

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 Matthew Peek under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.