Journalism at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and has a total student population of 15,066. Of the 1,603 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from LIU Post in 2021, 9 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.

LIU Post Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

LIU Post Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at LIU Post 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
	217
Best Journalism Schools	244
Most Popular Journalism Schools	244
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281

Earnings of LIU Post Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at LIU Post is $23,702. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at LIU Post

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

LIU Post Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from LIU Post. About 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at LIU Post since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 LIU Post with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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

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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Film and Video Editors	4,590	$92,170
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Photographers	4,090	$53,150

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.