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General Journalism at Rochester Institute of Technology

General Journalism at Rochester Institute of Technology

40% Women (Bachelor's)
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)
5 Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan to study general journalism, take a look at what Rochester Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 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.

RIT General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

RIT General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at RIT 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 RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at RIT 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Editors 19,140 $83,070
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Reporters and Correspondents 4,540 $81,930
Communications Professors 3,080 $90,470
Broadcast News Analysts 880 $111,340

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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