Journalism at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,130 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Ship.

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

Ship Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Ship Journalism Rankings

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

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 Ship 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 Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69

Earnings of Ship Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ship is $29,070. 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 Ship

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

Ship Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Ship in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ship 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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.