Journalism at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota stacks up to those at other schools.

SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and approximately 5,152 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU MN.

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

SMU MN Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SMU MN Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at SMU MN 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 Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	255
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	271

Journalism Student Demographics at SMU MN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

SMU MN Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at SMU MN since its program graduates 46% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at SMU MN are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 MN, the home state for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Reporters and Correspondents	1,020	$51,770
Photographers	770	$54,150

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.