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Journalism at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 170 of them were journalism majors.

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

SDSU Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SDSU Journalism Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the journalism progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at SDSU 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 Schools 14

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from SDSU Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $33,791. This is 6% higher than $31,781, which is the national average for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

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Journalism Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 170 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from SDSU. About 28% were men and 72% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 40
White 81
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

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

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors 11,380 $112,530
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Photographers 6,060 $52,720
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820

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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