Journalism at Middle Tennessee State University

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

Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and approximately 22,080 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 88 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

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

Middle Tennessee State University Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Middle Tennessee State University Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Middle Tennessee State University 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 Schools	179
	226

Journalism Student Demographics at Middle Tennessee State University

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

Middle Tennessee State University Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Middle Tennessee State University since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Middle Tennessee State University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	54
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Middle Tennessee State University 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 & Media Studies

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 TN, the home state for Middle Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Photographers	810	$33,170
Writers and Authors	750	$55,370
Radio and Television Announcers	600	$43,560
Reporters and Correspondents	530	$37,290

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 MTSUGoRaidersGo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.