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General Journalism at Mount Mercy University

General Journalism at Mount Mercy University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Mount Mercy University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 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.

Mount Mercy General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Mount Mercy General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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

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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Editors 940 $51,480
Reporters and Correspondents 560 $32,650
Communications Professors 480 $88,340
Writers and Authors 470 $50,680

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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