Journalism at Messiah University

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at Messiah University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Messiah.

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

Messiah Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Messiah Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Messiah compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Messiah 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
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
	239
Best Value Journalism Schools	246
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	290
Most Popular Journalism Schools	371

Journalism Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Messiah in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Messiah University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

Messiah also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.