Journalism at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. In 2021, 52 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

SMU Journalism Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at SMU 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 Popular Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60

Journalism Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SMU, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at SMU 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 Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	38
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SMU 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
• Public Relations & Advertising

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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Photographers	3,070	$34,160
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.