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General Journalism at Marquette University

General Journalism at Marquette University

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 Marquette University stacks up to those at other schools.

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,550.

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.

Marquette General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Marquette General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Marquette 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 Marquette

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

Marquette General 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 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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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.

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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

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
Reporters and Correspondents 630 $34,180
Writers and Authors 560 $59,360
Communications Professors 500 $79,870
Broadcast News Analysts 70 $91,770

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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