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Journalism at Radford University

Journalism at Radford University

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Radford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and approximately 10,695 students attend the school each year.

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

Radford Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Radford Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Radford 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at Radford

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

Radford Journalism Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Radford since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Radford are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Radford University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 41

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 VA, the home state for Radford University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Editors 3,450 $72,660
Writers and Authors 1,220 $68,600
Photographers 860 $37,420
Reporters and Correspondents 740 $49,530
Radio and Television Announcers 580 $43,660

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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