Journalism at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Louisiana Tech.

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

Louisiana Tech Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Louisiana Tech Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech 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	50
Best Value Journalism Schools	169
	262

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Louisiana Tech Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $21,071. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Louisiana Tech, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Louisiana Tech 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

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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Photographers	510	$32,710
Reporters and Correspondents	460	$57,990
Editors	450	$42,340
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.