Journalism at Rust College

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

Rust College is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi and approximately 623 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Rust College.

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

Rust College Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Rust College Journalism Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Rust College 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
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Journalism Schools	2
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Value Journalism Schools	27
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	153
Most Popular Journalism Schools	171
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
Best Journalism Schools	238
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How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Rust College Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rust College is $23,252. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at Rust College

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

Rust College Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Rust College. About 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Rust College since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% 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 Rust College with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 MS, the home state for Rust College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Reporters and Correspondents	300	$34,530
Editors	280	$46,070
Photographers	230	$44,770
Writers and Authors	170	$53,810

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 Fredlyfish4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.