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

Morgan State is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 7,634. In 2021, 61 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Morgan State.

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

Morgan State Journalism Degrees Available

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

Morgan State Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Morgan State 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 Morgan 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Most Focused Journalism Schools	15
Most Focused Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	21
	209

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in journalism from Morgan State. This makes it the #54 most popular school for journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Morgan State Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Morgan State is $27,105. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Morgan State

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

Morgan State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Morgan State in 2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Morgan State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 Morgan State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Morgan State Journalism Master’s Program

Of the 4 journalism students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Morgan State, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 64% better than the national average.*

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

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

Morgan State 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

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 MD, the home state for Morgan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430
Photographers	740	$39,640
Reporters and Correspondents	490	$60,170
Radio and Television Announcers	440	$57,430

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.