Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Journalism at Marquette University

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

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 11,550 students attend the school each year.

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

Marquette Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Marquette Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Marquette 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Journalism Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

undefined

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in journalism.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 22
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Marquette University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 30

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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Editors 1,580 $48,630
Photographers 1,070 $34,750
Reporters and Correspondents 630 $34,180
Radio and Television Announcers 620 $53,020
Writers and Authors 560 $59,360

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.