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Journalism at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Journalism at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Rutgers University - New Brunswick stacks up to those at other schools.

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Rutgers New Brunswick Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Journalism Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 52
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism 115

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Editors 3,130 $74,130
Photographers 1,400 $35,840
Writers and Authors 1,050 $81,160
Communications Professors 940 $92,200
Film and Video Editors 590 $87,150

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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