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General Journalism at San Diego State University

General 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.

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.

SDSU General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SDSU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at SDSU 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 SDSU

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

SDSU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 14
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 46
White 71
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

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
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820
Broadcast News Analysts 360 $102,480

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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