Journalism at Savannah State University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Savannah State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Savannah State University is located in Savannah, Georgia and approximately 3,488 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 42 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Savannah State University.

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

Savannah State University Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Savannah State University Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how Savannah State University 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 Savannah State University 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 Focused Journalism Schools	9
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular Journalism Schools	84
Best Value Journalism Schools	89
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Earnings of Savannah State University Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Savannah State University is $23,049. This is less than $31,781, which is the national average of all journalism majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Journalism Student Demographics at Savannah State University

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

Savannah State University Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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 Savannah State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Savannah State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Photographers	1,850	$45,270
Film and Video Editors	1,330	$64,470
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140
Writers and Authors	960	$63,260

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.