Journalism at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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

Michigan State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Michigan State Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Michigan State 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	86
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Michigan State Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Michigan State, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	111

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies
• 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Reporters and Correspondents	1,190	$47,110
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.