General Journalism at Northern Kentucky University

0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

NKU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at NKU 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 NKU

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

NKU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 100% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Broadcast Journalism

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
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320
Broadcast News Analysts	60	$93,630

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
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