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Journalism at Kentucky State University

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.

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

  • Basic Certificate in Journalism (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

KY State Journalism 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.

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

55% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at KY State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Kentucky State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Journalism 14

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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