Journalism at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and approximately 61,369 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 46 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Ohio State.

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

Ohio State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Ohio State Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at Ohio State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Ohio State 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
Best Journalism Schools	96
	146

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Ohio State Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ohio State is $28,920. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Ohio State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Ohio State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio State. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ohio State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Communication & Media Studies

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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Photographers	1,880	$42,370
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.