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General Journalism at Loyola University Chicago

General Journalism at Loyola University Chicago

Every general 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 Loyola University Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,893.

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

Loyola Chicago General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Loyola Chicago General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Loyola Chicago is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Loyola Chicago since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Loyola University Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610
Broadcast News Analysts 260 $76,260

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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