General Journalism at Ohio State University - Main Campus

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying general journalism, you may want to check out the program at Ohio State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and approximately 61,369 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.

Ohio State General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Ohio State General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Ohio State 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 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 General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

49% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. 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 17% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ohio State 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380
Reporters and Correspondents	1,130	$42,050
Broadcast News Analysts	110	$79,270

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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