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General Journalism at Point Park University

General Journalism at Point Park University

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

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,591.

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.

Point Park General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
  • Master’s Degree in Journalism

Point Park General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Point Park 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 Point Park

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

Point Park General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% 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 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Point Park since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Point Park 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 Point Park University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Point Park General Journalism Master’s Program

100% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Point Park, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point Park University with a master's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140
Reporters and Correspondents 1,330 $39,600
Communications Professors 1,280 $76,720

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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