Journalism at Rhode Island College

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Rhode Island College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in journalism from RIC.

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

RIC Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

RIC Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at RIC 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
	213
Best Journalism Schools	264
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302

Journalism Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 journalism major earned their bachelor's degree from RIC.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Photographers	250	$54,800
Editors	200	$66,900
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.