General Journalism at Radford University

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Radford General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Radford General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Radford 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 Radford

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

Radford General 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 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Radford since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Radford are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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.

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

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
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$49,530

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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