Journalism at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 19,086 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,153 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2021, 30 of them were journalism majors.

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

MSU Denver Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

MSU Denver Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how MSU Denver performed in these rankings.

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 MSU Denver 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
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Best Value Journalism Schools	205

Earnings of MSU Denver Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Denver is $31,765. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at MSU Denver

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

MSU Denver Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from MSU Denver. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at MSU Denver 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Photographers	750	$38,600
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Communications Professors	620	$58,270
Reporters and Correspondents	570	$55,930

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.