Journalism at Samford University

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

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,729. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Samford.

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

Samford Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Samford Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Samford 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
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
	10
Most Focused Journalism Schools	26
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69

Earnings of Samford Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Samford is $38,043. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Journalism Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 journalism majors earned their bachelor's degree from Samford. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Samford are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Photographers	480	$39,360
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$37,770
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Radio and Television Announcers	240	$31,880

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.