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Journalism at Northern Kentucky University

Journalism at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year.

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

NKU Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

NKU Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at NKU 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

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About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Broadcast Journalism 36
General Journalism 14

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Editors 770 $44,050
Reporters and Correspondents 740 $50,190
Radio and Television Announcers 540 $39,180
Communications Professors 420 $68,530
Photographers 400 $36,390

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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