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General Journalism at Northern Illinois University

General Journalism at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 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.

NIU General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

NIU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at NIU 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 NIU

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

NIU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
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 IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Reporters and Correspondents 1,260 $53,610
Broadcast News Analysts 260 $76,260

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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