Journalism at Lincoln 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 Lincoln University stacks up to those at other schools.

LU Missouri is located in Jefferson City, Missouri and approximately 2,012 students attend the school each year. Of the 241 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University in 2021, 10 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.

LU Missouri Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

LU Missouri Journalism Rankings

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

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 LU Missouri 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 Schools	21
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Most Popular Journalism Schools	229

Journalism Student Demographics at LU Missouri

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

LU Missouri Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from LU Missouri. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at LU Missouri since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Lincoln University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

LU Missouri 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 MO, the home state for Lincoln University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Photographers	1,220	$36,470
Editors	1,160	$55,460
Radio and Television Announcers	890	$35,540
Communications Professors	660	$76,730
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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 Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.