Journalism at Radford University
Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and approximately 10,695 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Radford.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.
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Radford Journalism Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
Radford Journalism Rankings
Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Radford performed in these rankings.
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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.
Ranking Type | Rank |
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Most Popular Journalism Schools | 86 |
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Earnings of Radford Journalism Graduates
The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Radford is $24,593. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.
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
About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Radford 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 Radford University with a bachelor's in journalism.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Radford also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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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 |
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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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Matt under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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