Journalism at Rust College

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

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.

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

29% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Rust College since its program graduates 36% 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	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rust College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	17

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
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