Journalism at Liberty University

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

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 93,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Liberty University.

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

Liberty University Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Liberty University Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Liberty University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Liberty University 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
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213

Journalism Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Liberty University, about 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 Liberty University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Liberty University 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 Liberty University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600
Photographers	860	$37,420
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530
Radio and Television Announcers	580	$43,660

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.