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Journalism at Mercer University

Journalism at Mercer University

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

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 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.

Mercer Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Mercer Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Mercer 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 Mercer

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

Mercer Journalism Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Mercer University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 9

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 GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Editors 2,190 $61,330
Photographers 1,850 $45,270
Film and Video Editors 1,330 $64,470
Reporters and Correspondents 1,230 $51,140
Writers and Authors 960 $63,260

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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