Journalism at South Dakota State University

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

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405.

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

South Dakota State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

South Dakota State Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at South Dakota State 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at South Dakota State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Dakota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	9
Other Journalism	1

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$31,630
Reporters and Correspondents	220	$32,390
Photographers	160	$30,380
Editors	150	$48,100
Writers and Authors	70	$49,410

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.