General Journalism at Southern Connecticut State University

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,331.

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.

SCSU General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SCSU General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at SCSU 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 SCSU

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

SCSU General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at SCSU since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Editors	950	$71,260
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440
Communications Professors	270	$83,720
Reporters and Correspondents	250	$45,130

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
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