Journalism at North Central College

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

North Central is located in Naperville, Illinois and approximately 2,832 students attend the school each year. Of the 751 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Central College in 2021, 6 of them were journalism majors.

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

North Central Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

North Central Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how North Central 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 North Central 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
	54
	55
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172

Journalism Student Demographics at North Central

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at North Central College.

North Central Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from North Central. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at North Central since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at North Central 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 North Central College with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

North Central also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 IL, the home state for North Central College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Photographers	2,600	$36,290
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Reporters and Correspondents	1,260	$53,610

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 Quadrahex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.