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General Journalism at Missouri State University - Springfield

General Journalism at Missouri State University - Springfield

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

Missouri State is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 23,505 students attend the school each year.

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

Missouri State General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Missouri State General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Missouri State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Missouri State

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

Missouri State General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Missouri 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 Missouri State University - Springfield with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 MO, the home state for Missouri State University - Springfield.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Editors 1,160 $55,460
Communications Professors 660 $76,730
Writers and Authors 650 $57,420
Reporters and Correspondents 590 $45,240
Broadcast News Analysts 190 $83,230

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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