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General Journalism at Rutgers University - Newark

General Journalism at Rutgers University - Newark

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Rutgers University - Newark is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 13,231.

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.

Rutgers Newark General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Rutgers Newark General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Rutgers Newark 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 Rutgers Newark

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

Rutgers Newark General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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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 Rutgers University - Newark with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 - Newark.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Editors 3,130 $74,130
Writers and Authors 1,050 $81,160
Communications Professors 940 $92,200
Reporters and Correspondents 590 $61,180
Broadcast News Analysts 340 $44,660

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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