Journalism at Olivet College

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

Olivet is located in Olivet, Michigan and approximately 1,023 students attend the school each year. Of the 189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Olivet College in 2021, 7 of them were journalism majors.

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

Olivet Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Olivet Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Olivet performed in these rankings.

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 Olivet 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
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Journalism Schools	23
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Journalism Schools	268

Journalism Student Demographics at Olivet

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Olivet College.

Olivet Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Olivet in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Olivet since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Olivet 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 Olivet College with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 MI, the home state for Olivet College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Reporters and Correspondents	1,190	$47,110
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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 kennethaw88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.